The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	October 19, 1908 29 25
Death of a paternal grandmother	Mary Jane Edwards March 30, 1911 (Age 2 years) Graves, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 20 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 33 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 41 years) South Korea 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
Death of a mother	Eliza Ellen Crowell 1963 (Age 54 years)
Death of a father	William Edward Hathcock 1970 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 years) Vietnam 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	September 15, 1981 (Age 72 years)

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Eliza Ellen Crowell Zena McManus Hathcock William Edward Hathcock Birth: January 20, 1879 33 30 Death: 1970
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Edward Hathcock Zena McManus Hathcock Eliza Ellen Crowell Birth: 1883 Death: 1963
	Marriage: May 15, 1902 — Massac, Illinois, United States
6 years herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Zena McManus Hathcock Birth: October 19, 1908 29 25 Death: September 15, 1981

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husband	Private
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Zena McManus Hathcock Birth: October 19, 1908 29 25 Death: September 15, 1981

Family with parents
father Parents Fletcher Reed Hathcock Mary Jane Edwards	William Edward Hathcock 1879–1970
mother Parents Mose Crowell Nancy Ratcliff	Eliza Ellen Crowell 1883–1963
herself Family Private	Zena McManus Hathcock 1908–1981
Family with Private
husband Parents (unknown)	Private
herself Parents William Edward Hathcock Eliza Ellen Crowell	Zena McManus Hathcock 1908–1981