The Shemwell Family

Alice Lenora ScottAge: 78 years18721950

Name
Alice Lenora Scott
Given names
Alice Lenora
Surname
Scott
Married name
Alice Lenora Huddleston
Birth January 26, 1872
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lenora A Huddleston
1892 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 years)
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
Birth of a son
#2
Scott T Huddleston
about 1903 (Age 30 years)
Marriage of a childErnest E ShemwellLenora A HuddlestonView this family
September 1, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ernestine Leo Shemwell
July 3, 1911 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Victor Murdoch Shemwell
June 14, 1913 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 57 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 10, 1930 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 77 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 73 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 November 26, 1950 (Age 78 years)

Family with George Ervin Huddleston - View this family
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daughter
daughter
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Scott T Huddleston
Birth: about 1903 30McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1956

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ernest E Shemwell - Household

1609 Anderson Ave Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, Ernest EheadMW42M22KYKYKYAuditorMercaantile Co.
Shemwell, LenorawifeFW37M17KYKYKYRetail clerk
Shemwell, Ernestine LdaughterFW19SKYKYKY
Shemwell, Victor MsonMW17SKYKYKY
Huddleston, Alice Lmother in lawFW58M18KYKYKY
Huddleston, Scott Tbrother in lawMW26SKYKYKYTruck DriverHighway Express