The Shemwell Family

Palmer Harting Reed1905

Name
Palmer Harting Reed
Given names
Palmer Harting
Surname
Reed
Birth 1905 31 25
Birth of a brotherRobert Boone Reed
October 3, 1906 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a brotherThomas Graves Reed
1909 (Age 4 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherRichard Reed
1912 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherDavid Reed
1914 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 January 30, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam M Reed Jr.
October 1, 1925 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Rosa Strow
March 2, 1926 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 fatherClarence Boone Reed
July 13, 1948 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 motherRube Enoch Graves
December 22, 1958 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: 1899
3 years
elder brother
William M Reed Jr
Birth: 1901 27 21Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
5 years
himself
Palmer Harting Reed
Birth: 1905 31 25Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
21 months
younger brother
Robert Boone Reed
Birth: October 3, 1906 33 27Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Thomas Graves Reed
Birth: 1909 35 29Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother

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Census
C Boone Reed Head M W 36 born KY farmer Rube Enoch Reed wife F W 33 born KY Wm M Reed Jr M W 9 born KY Palmer Hartwig Reed M W 5 born KY Robt Boone Reed M W 3 born KY Thos Graves Reed M W 1 born KY
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Boone Reed - Household

Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Reed, C BheadMW46MKYKYKYfarmer
Reed, Rube EnochwifeFW40MKYKYKY
Reed, William sonMW19SKYKYKY
Reed, Palmer sonMW15SKYKYKY
Reed, Robert BsonMW13SKYKYKY
Reed, TomsonMW11SKYKYKY
Reed, DicksonMW8SKYKYKY
Reed, DavidsonMW6SKYKYKY