The Shemwell Family

Bessie Lener TabbAge: 84 years19011986

Name
Bessie Lener Tabb
Given names
Bessie Lener
Surname
Tabb
Married name
Bessie Lener Sherrod
Birth August 18, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
MarriageCarlie Finis SherrodView this family
June 19, 1920 (Age 18 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 husbandCarlie Finis Sherrod
October 12, 1979 (Age 78 years)
Death January 5, 1986 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Family with Carlie Finis Sherrod - View this family
husband
Carlie Finis Sherrod
Birth: June 30, 1902 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 12, 1979Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Bessie Lener Tabb
Birth: August 18, 1901Kentucky, United States
Death: January 5, 1986Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: June 19, 1920

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Finis Carlie Sherrod - Household

Todd, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Sherrod, CharlieheadMW37MKYsame placeFarmerFarming
Sherrod, BessiewifeFW38MKYsame place