The Shemwell Family

Derrell Cherry MusickAge: 91 years19071999

Name
Derrell Cherry Musick
Given names
Derrell Cherry
Surname
Musick
Birth July 22, 1907 28 28
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a brotherLawrence Arnold Musick
August 13, 1912 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterZada Catherine Musick
August 9, 1917 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish
February 3, 1918 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 March 10, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph Howard “Joe” Cherry
February 7, 1928 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHenry Musick
October 1, 1928 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 brotherLawrence Arnold Musick
December 8, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Ann “Eliza” Burkett
March 13, 1934 (Age 26 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
Birth of a son
#1Darrell Douglas Musick
November 3, 1945 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 fatherJohn W Musick
September 11, 1967 (Age 60 years)

Death of a sisterArdis Inez Musick
October 12, 1973 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherVernon Hiram Musick
March 2, 1974 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 motherCuca Cherry
June 20, 1977 (Age 69 years)
Death March 25, 1999 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Memorial Park
Last change August 22, 201814:41:25

by: Barry Shemwell
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elder brother
Vernon Hiram Musick
Birth: September 9, 1901 22 23Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 2, 1974Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Ardis Inez Musick
Birth: March 22, 1904 24 25Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: October 12, 1973Erath, Texas, United States
18 months
elder sister
Edith Odessa Musick
Birth: October 1, 1905 26 27Texas, United States
Death: February 15, 2004Kennedale, Tarrant, Texas, United States
22 months
himself
Derrell Cherry Musick
Birth: July 22, 1907 28 28Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 25, 1999Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
5 years
younger brother
Lawrence Arnold Musick
Birth: August 13, 1912 33 33Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: December 8, 1931Hood, Texas, United States
5 years
younger sister
Zada Catherine Musick
Birth: August 9, 1917 38 38Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: July 1, 2000Plano, Collin, Texas, United States
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himself
Derrell Cherry Musick
Birth: July 22, 1907 28 28Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 25, 1999Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
wife
Mildred Maurine Stewart
Birth: April 16, 1913Comanche, Texas, United States
Death: January 17, 2011Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, United States
daughter
Private
son
Darrell Douglas Musick
Birth: November 3, 1945 38 32Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
Death: February 27, 2004Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States

Derrell Cherry Musick has 16 first cousins recorded