The Shemwell Family

Edward Winters UpchurchAge: 88 years19132002

Name
Edward Winters Upchurch
Given names
Edward Winters
Surname
Upchurch
Birth September 12, 1913
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/
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
Rose Carolyn Upchurch
December 24, 1942 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Janet Marilyn Upchurch
November 12, 1944 (Age 31 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 daughterRose Carolyn Upchurch
May 2, 1947 (Age 33 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Albert Edward Oats Jr
August 25, 1961 (Age 47 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 wifeAnnie Laveda Wyatt
June 17, 1992 (Age 78 years)
Death of a daughterJanet Marilyn Upchurch
June 16, 2001 (Age 87 years)
Death June 25, 2002 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Newton Cemetery
Family with Annie Laveda Wyatt - View this family
himself
Edward Winters Upchurch
Birth: September 12, 1913Gainesboro, Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 25, 2002Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
wife
Annie Laveda Wyatt
Birth: October 10, 1917 20 18Fentress, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 17, 1992Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Rose Carolyn Upchurch
Birth: December 24, 1942 29 25Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 2, 1947Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
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daughter
Janet Marilyn Upchurch
Birth: November 12, 1944 31 27Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 16, 2001Spring Hill, Hernando, Florida, United States

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