The Shemwell Family

James Hugh WilsonAge: 58 years19041962

Name
James Hugh Wilson
Given names
James Hugh
Surname
Wilson
Birth October 11, 1904 39 42
MarriagePolly Ann Versie NailView this family
unknown

Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam “Bill” Parham
November 15, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Death of a motherLucy A Parham
March 23, 1911 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 of a fatherWilliam Goodhue Wilson
November 9, 1921 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 of a wifePolly Ann Versie Nail
April 17, 1945 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 41 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 December 17, 1962 (Age 58 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
William Goodhue Wilson
Birth: August 25, 1865Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 9, 1921Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
mother
Lucy A Parham
Birth: March 12, 1862 36 35Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 23, 1911Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1900
23 months
elder sister
Lela Mae Wilson
Birth: December 2, 1901 36 39Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 29, 1988Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
James Hugh Wilson
Birth: October 11, 1904 39 42Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1962Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Family with Private - View this family
himself
James Hugh Wilson
Birth: October 11, 1904 39 42Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1962Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
wife
Private
Family with Polly Ann Versie Nail - View this family
himself
James Hugh Wilson
Birth: October 11, 1904 39 42Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1962Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
wife
Polly Ann Versie Nail
Birth: February 12, 1902Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 17, 1945Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: