The Shemwell Family

Mary JonesAge: 55 years19021958

Name
Mary Jones
Given names
Mary
Surname
Jones
Married name
Mary Godwin
Birth December 12, 1902
MarriageCharles Basil GodwinView 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hazel E Godwin
April 5, 1921 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Charles B Godwin Jr.
February 11, 1924 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Addie Godwin
November 28, 1926 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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
Birth of a daughter
#4
Betty Lorraine Godwin
November 24, 1929 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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
Marriage of a childJoseph S Gagliano Jr.Mary Addie GodwinView this family
1946 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Ronald Wynn Shemwell
July 10, 1947 (Age 44 years)
Death of a grandsonRonald Wynn Shemwell
July 10, 1947 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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
Death of a husbandCharles Basil Godwin
November 14, 1954 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 July 8, 1958 (Age 55 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown
Family with Charles Basil Godwin - View this family
husband
Charles Basil Godwin
Birth: September 3, 1886Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 14, 1954Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage:
daughter
Hazel E Godwin
Birth: April 5, 1921 34 18Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Death: September 2, 2007Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
3 years
daughter
Mary Addie Godwin
Birth: November 28, 1926 40 23Prichard, Tunica, Mississippi, United States
Death: April 19, 2019Germantown, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Betty Lorraine Godwin
Birth: November 24, 1929 43 26Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1, 2000

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