The Shemwell Family

Robert Calvin DurhamAge: 89 years18761965

Name
Robert Calvin Durham
Given names
Robert Calvin
Surname
Durham
Birth March 8, 1876
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
#1
Clarence R Durham
calculated 1903 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Zady Ruth Durham
calculated 1905 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Henry Lurton Durham
calculated 1907 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Husie E Durham
calculated 1909 (Age 32 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Bertha R Durham
calculated 1913 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
Census January 16, 1920 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 15, 1930 (Age 54 years)
Census May 22, 1940 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 73 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 69 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 29, 1965 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Durham Cemetery
Family with Lucy Katherine Carter - View this family
himself
wife
son
Clarence R Durham
Birth: calculated 1903 26 19Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
Zady Ruth Durham
Birth: calculated 1905 28 21Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
son
Henry Lurton Durham
Birth: calculated 1907 30 23Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
son
Husie E Durham
Birth: calculated 1909 32 25Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
daughter
Bertha R Durham
Birth: calculated 1913 36 29Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
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son
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Calvin Durham - Household

Turkey Creek Rd. Humphries, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Robert Calvin DurhamheadMW34M19TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Lucy Katherine CarterwifeFW27M1944TNTNTN
Clarence R DurhamsonMW7STNTNTN
Zady R DurhamdaughterFW5STNTNTN
Lurt H DurhamsonMW3STNTNTN
Husie E DurhamsonMW1-8mSTNTNTN