The Shemwell Family

Bertha Clemons RossAge: 89 years18931982

Name
Bertha Clemons Ross
Given names
Bertha Clemons
Surname
Ross
Married name
Bertha Clemons Rose
Birth September 1, 1893 31 20
Birth of a sisterMaggie Payton Ross
May 21, 1896 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSallie May Ross
March 19, 1898 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 sisterLela Vivian Ross
January 4, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Samuel Ross
October 15, 1901 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherEdgar Free Ross
September 24, 1904 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherFrank Glen Ross
September 25, 1906 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherReuben Gray Ross
September 18, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a brotherWoodrow Wilson Ross
August 27, 1912 (Age 18 years)
Death of a fatherJoseph Clemons Ross
April 8, 1914 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandmotherZerutus Doretta Morris
June 13, 1917 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sisterMaggie Payton Ross
October 15, 1918 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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/
MarriageBracy MacPherson RoseView this family
January 22, 1925 (Age 31 years)
Death of a brotherEdgar Free Ross
April 25, 1925 (Age 31 years)
Burial of a brotherEdgar Free Ross
April 26, 1925 (Age 31 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lucas-Rose Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 sisterLela Vivian Ross
December 9, 1933 (Age 40 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Knox Polk Stagner
July 7, 1935 (Age 41 years)
Death of a husbandBracy MacPherson Rose
September 10, 1936 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherManiza Jane Stagner
May 24, 1941 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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 52 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 December 8, 1982 (Age 89 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 17, 1892Stewart, Tennessee, United States
9 months
herself
Bertha Clemons Ross
Birth: September 1, 1893 31 20Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 8, 1982Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger sister
Maggie Payton Ross
Birth: May 21, 1896 34 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 15, 1918Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger sister
Sallie May Ross
Birth: March 19, 1898 35 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 10, 1983Tobaccoport, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger sister
Lela Vivian Ross
Birth: January 4, 1900 37 26Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 9, 1933Stewart, Tennessee, United States
21 months
younger brother
Joseph Samuel Ross
Birth: October 15, 1901 39 28Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 24, 1987Wimauma, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
3 years
younger brother
Edgar Free Ross
Birth: September 24, 1904 42 31Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 25, 1925Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Frank Glen Ross
Birth: September 25, 1906 44 33Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 5, 1992Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Reuben Gray Ross
Birth: September 18, 1910 48 37Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 6, 1990Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger brother
Woodrow Wilson Ross
Birth: August 27, 1912 50 39Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 29, 2000Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Family with Bracy MacPherson Rose - View this family
husband
Bracy MacPherson Rose
Birth: November 13, 1885Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 10, 1936Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
herself
Bertha Clemons Ross
Birth: September 1, 1893 31 20Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 8, 1982Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
Marriage: January 22, 1925Stewart, Tennessee, United States