The Shemwell Family

Polly Ann Versie NailAge: 43 years19021945

Name
Polly Ann Versie Nail
Given names
Polly Ann Versie
Surname
Nail
Married name
Polly Ann Versie Wilson
Birth February 12, 1902
MarriageJames Hugh WilsonView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 27 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 39 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 April 17, 1945 (Age 43 years)
Family with James Hugh Wilson - View this family
husband
James Hugh Wilson
Birth: October 11, 1904 39 42Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1962Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
herself
Polly Ann Versie Nail
Birth: February 12, 1902Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 17, 1945Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
James Hugh Wilson + Private - View this family
husband
James Hugh Wilson
Birth: October 11, 1904 39 42Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1962Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
husband’s wife
Private