The Shemwell Family

Arthur Lee StallsAge: 88 years18761964

Name
Arthur Lee Stalls
Given names
Arthur Lee
Surname
Stalls
Birth January 9, 1876 25 17
Birth of a sisterWillie Ella Stalls
February 23, 1878 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 months)

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 sisterGirtha Mattie Stalls
December 8, 1879 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJoe Stalls
1882 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterEdna Earl Stalls
June 6, 1884 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherLundy Lane Stalls
March 11, 1886 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherFelix Johnson Stalls
January 14, 1891 (Age 15 years)
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
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam M Riggins Jr.
September 21, 1907 (Age 31 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/
Death of a fatherWilliam Daniel Stalls
December 12, 1924 (Age 48 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
Death of a motherMartha Earl Riggins
July 11, 1936 (Age 60 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
Death of a sisterWillie Ella Stalls
March 15, 1952 (Age 76 years)
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 August 10, 1964 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: February 26, 1872Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
himself
Arthur Lee Stalls
Birth: January 9, 1876 25 17Texas, United States
Death: August 10, 1964Texas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Willie Ella Stalls
Birth: February 23, 1878 27 19Texas, United States
Death: March 15, 1952Dallas, Texas, United States
21 months
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Edna Earl Stalls
Birth: June 6, 1884 34 25Deport, Lamar, Texas, United States
Death:
21 months
younger brother
5 years
younger brother
Felix Johnson Stalls
Birth: January 14, 1891 40 32Lamar, Texas, United States
Death:

Arthur Lee Stalls has 12 first cousins recorded