The Shemwell Family

Lois Kathleen SpainAge: 44 years18971941

Name
Lois Kathleen Spain
Given names
Lois Kathleen
Surname
Spain
Married name
Lois Kathleen Pulley
Birth February 22, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 months)
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 18 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 19 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 20 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/
MarriageJohn Herbert PulleyView this family
May 19, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Hubert “Jack” Pulley Jr
June 13, 1921 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 November 15, 1941 (Age 44 years)
Family with John Herbert Pulley - View this family
husband
John Herbert Pulley
Birth: February 16, 1898 19 21Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 30, 1950Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
herself
Lois Kathleen Spain
Birth: February 22, 1897Gibson, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 15, 1941Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: May 19, 1920Madison, Tennessee, United States
13 months
son
John Hubert “Jack” Pulley Jr
Birth: June 13, 1921 23 24Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
Death: February 20, 1982Davidson, Tennessee, United States