The Shemwell Family

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/

Death of a maternal grandfather

Finis Washington Sherrod
April 30, 1919 (Age 13 years)

Census

January 19, 1920 (Age 14 years)

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - Wiley “Buck” Shemwell - Household

Death of a paternal grandmother

Mary Hester Sherrod
January 7, 1922 (Age 15 years)

Note: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA

Death of a maternal grandmother

Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell
August 16, 1924 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1

Helen Lee Phillips
November 12, 1925 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a son
#2

Paul Shemwell Phillips
October 13, 1927 (Age 21 years)

Death of a sister

Etta Mae Shemwell
May 20, 1928 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 23 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 son
#3

Robert Claude Phillips
March 14, 1930 (Age 24 years)

Census

April 10, 1930 (Age 24 years)

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - Zelma Lee Phillips - Household

Death of a daughter

Helen Lee Phillips
October 16, 1930 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a son
#4

Joe Morris Phillips
May 25, 1939 (Age 33 years)

Census

April 24, 1940 (Age 34 years)

Death of a mother

Sarah Permelia Sherrod
May 8, 1940 (Age 34 years)

Historical Event

World War II

between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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

Marriage of a parent

Wiley “Buck” Shemwell — Ollie Ann Hildabrand — View this family
after 1948 (Age 41 years)

Census

April 1, 1950 (Age 44 years)

Death of a father

Wiley “Buck” Shemwell
December 5, 1953 (Age 47 years)

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Historical Event

Korean War

between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 years)

South Korea

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 son

Paul Shemwell Phillips
August 31, 1956 (Age 50 years)

Death of a brother

Noble John Shemwell
January 19, 1965 (Age 59 years)

Death of a sister

Mary Betty Shemwell
November 12, 1969 (Age 63 years)

Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States

Historical Event

Vietnam War

between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 years)

Vietnam

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 sister

Delia P Shemwell
July 11, 1976 (Age 70 years)

Death of a husband

Zelma Lee Phillips
March 5, 1979 (Age 73 years)