The Shemwell Family

Uries LeeAge: 49 years18771926

Name
Uries Lee
Given names
Uries
Surname
Lee
Birth April 30, 1877
MarriageGertrude “Gertie” OrmeView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 September 2, 1926 (Age 49 years)
Family with Gertrude “Gertie” Orme - View this family
himself
Uries Lee
Birth: April 30, 1877Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 2, 1926Anthony, Harper, Kansas, United States
wife
Gertrude “Gertie” Orme
Birth: March 25, 1881 24 23Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 14, 1959
Marriage:

No family available