The Shemwell Family

Charles W SmithAge: 91 years18691960

Name
Charles W Smith
Given names
Charles W
Surname
Smith
Birth March 31, 1869
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 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 son
#1
Roy Labern Smith
June 28, 1895 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Rosco Bryan Smith
November 6, 1896 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 daughter
#3
Mary Margaret Smith
November 18, 1899 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Fred Fearknott Smith
January 11, 1901 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Ethel Alberta Smith
June 13, 1903 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#6
James Stanley Smith
December 22, 1907 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Robert Edwin Smith
September 13, 1909 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Claude Wilson Smith
March 20, 1912 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Will J Smith
June 1, 1915 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 60 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 sonRoy Labern Smith
September 16, 1940 (Age 71 years)

Death of a sonRosco Bryan Smith
September 13, 1944 (Age 75 years)

Cause: Stabbed with an ice-pick
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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
Death of a sonClaude Wilson Smith
December 17, 1948 (Age 79 years)

Cause: died of Burgher's disease (circulatory)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 80 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 76 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 10, 1960 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lebanon Church of Christ Cemetery
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himself
wife
son
Roy Labern Smith
Birth: June 28, 1895 26 16Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 16, 1940
16 months
son
Rosco Bryan Smith
Birth: November 6, 1896 27 18Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 13, 1944
3 years
daughter
14 months
son
Fred Fearknott Smith
Birth: January 11, 1901 31 22Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 17, 1974
2 years
daughter
5 years
son
21 months
son
Robert Edwin Smith
Birth: September 13, 1909 40 30Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 20, 1978
3 years
son
Claude Wilson Smith
Birth: March 20, 1912 42 33Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 1948
3 years
son
son
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