The Shemwell Family

Labell “Belle” KingAge: 26 years19081934

Name
Labell “Belle” King
Given names
Labell
Surname
King
Nickname
Belle
Married name
Labell Hamilton
Birth June 17, 1908
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/
MarriageReggie Lee HamiltonView this family
December 22, 1924 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Peggy Hamilton
October 26, 1926 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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
Death September 19, 1934 (Age 26 years)
Cause of death: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Family with Reggie Lee Hamilton - View this family
husband
herself
Labell “Belle” King
Birth: June 17, 1908Mississippi, United States
Death: September 19, 1934Oakville, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 22, 1924Arkansas, United States
22 months
daughter
Peggy Hamilton
Birth: October 26, 1926 28 18Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 26, 2015
Reggie Lee Hamilton + Grace May “Gracie” Kelly - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 25, 1918Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
1 year
step-son
Charles Mason Hamilton
Birth: March 13, 1919 21 19Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 12, 1920Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
2 years
step-son
William Edward “Billy” Hamilton
Birth: May 11, 1921 23 21Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1, 2002Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States