The Shemwell Family

Opal Rebecca UnderwoodAge: 73 years19131987

Name
Opal Rebecca Underwood
Given names
Opal Rebecca
Surname
Underwood
Married name
Opal Rebecca Baize
Married name
Opal Rebecca Larrabee
Married name
Opal Rebecca Rider
Birth September 6, 1913 44 38
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 4 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census February 3, 1920 (Age 6 years)
MarriageGeorge Cleveland BaizeView this family
about 1929 (Age 15 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Birth of a daughter
#1
Vera Cleaverdean “Dean” Baize
January 12, 1931 (Age 17 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Laura Underwood
January 31, 1935 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherQuincie Monroe Underwood
February 15, 1940 (Age 26 years)
MarriageWelcome Leon “Lee” LarrabeeView this family
May 7, 1942 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a husbandWelcome Leon “Lee” Larrabee
December 12, 1948 (Age 35 years)
MarriageClarence Ellis RiderView this family
1949 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a husbandGeorge Cleveland Baize
June 1, 1954 (Age 40 years)
Death of a brotherDavid Hackney Underwood
November 21, 1959 (Age 46 years)
Death of a motherMaggie Thomas Petty
February 1, 1962 (Age 48 years)
Death of a brotherMalcolm Guy “Mike” Underwood
June 17, 1971 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherEulen Arthur Underwood
February 7, 1972 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterEula M Underwood
February 8, 1973 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a husbandClarence Ellis Rider
March 5, 1978 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Patterson Underwood
July 6, 1982 (Age 68 years)
Death March 4, 1987 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bevil Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 7, 1892Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Eula M Underwood
Birth: February 11, 1896 27 20Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 8, 1973Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Eulen Arthur Underwood
Birth: May 30, 1899 30 23Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 7, 1972Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
Family with George Cleveland Baize - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1929
2 years
daughter
Vera Cleaverdean “Dean” Baize
Birth: January 12, 1931 42 17Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 27, 2010Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States
Family with Welcome Leon “Lee” Larrabee - View this family
husband
Welcome Leon “Lee” Larrabee
Birth: December 15, 1917Baileyville, Washington, Maine, United States
Death: December 12, 1948Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
herself
Marriage: May 7, 1942Henry, Tennessee, United States
Family with Clarence Ellis Rider - View this family
husband
Clarence Ellis Rider
Birth: August 2, 1902Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: March 5, 1978Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
herself
Marriage: 1949

Opal Rebecca Underwood has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Quincie Monroe Underwood - Household

Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Underwood, QuincieheadMW50MTNALALFarmerGeneral Farm
Underwood, MaggiewifeFW45MTNTNTN
Underwood, UlansonMW20STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Underwood, HackneysonMW17STNTNTN
Underwood, MalcolmsonMW15STNTNTN
Underwood, AnniedaughterFW13STNTNTN
Underwood, WaltersonMW9STNTNTN
Underwood, OpaldaughterFW5STNTNTN