The Shemwell Family

Jack Garland RossAge: 83 years19182001

Name
Jack Garland Ross
Given names
Jack Garland
Surname
Ross
Birth March 13, 1918
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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 11 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 son
#1
James Delbert Ross
May 6, 1939 (Age 21 years)
MarriageNannie Ruby WallaceView this family
June 3, 1939 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 31 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 27 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 sonJames Delbert Ross
December 29, 1993 (Age 75 years)
Death of a wifeNannie Ruby Wallace
February 8, 1998 (Age 79 years)
Death June 25, 2001 (Age 83 years)
Family with Nannie Ruby Wallace - View this family
himself
Jack Garland Ross
Birth: March 13, 1918Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 25, 2001Michigan, United States
wife
Marriage: June 3, 1939Stewart, Tennessee, United States
-1 months
son
James Delbert Ross
Birth: May 6, 1939 21 20Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 29, 1993Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Clarence Martin Shemwell + Nannie Ruby Wallace - View this family
wife’s husband
Clarence Martin Shemwell
Birth: May 3, 1920 35 30Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 1987Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: after 1940
2 years
step-son
Charles Edward Shemwell
Birth: May 3, 1942 22 23Tennessee, United States
Death: November 29, 2000Michigan, United States
4 years
step-son
Toney Martin Shemwell
Birth: March 10, 1946 25 27Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 1, 2015Michigan, United States

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