The Shemwell Family

Samuel StimpsonAge: 62 years19031965

Name
Samuel Stimpson
Given names
Samuel
Surname
Stimpson
Birth September 7, 1903 30 27
MarriageVerna Lorene BrownView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterLucy Evelyn Stimpson
May 13, 1904 (Age 8 months)
Birth of a sisterRuth Fay Stimpson
February 8, 1909 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJoe Stimpson
January 1, 1911 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherLouie Stimpson
February 1, 1913 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 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 14 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 sisterDaisie Beau Stimpson
August 11, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Neal Stimpson
about 1923 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 maternal grandfatherJames Knox Polk Stagner
July 7, 1935 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 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 motherClementine “Clemmie” Stagner
March 20, 1962 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 September 17, 1965 (Age 62 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 14, 1894Stewart, Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder sister
Daisie Beau Stimpson
Birth: February 7, 1895 22 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 11, 1920Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
18 months
elder brother
William Henry Stimpson
Birth: August 16, 1896 23 20Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 16, 1977Marion, Crittenden, Arkansas, United States
2 years
elder sister
1 year
elder sister
Annie Clementine Stimpson
Birth: November 8, 1899 26 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1979Forrest City, St. Francis, Arkansas, United States
4 years
himself
Samuel Stimpson
Birth: September 7, 1903 30 27Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 17, 1965Marion, Crittenden, Arkansas, United States
8 months
younger sister
Lucy Evelyn Stimpson
Birth: May 13, 1904 31 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 5, 1994Ingham, Michigan, United States
5 years
younger sister
Ruth Fay Stimpson
Birth: February 8, 1909 36 33Wetumka, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 15, 1993Parish, Oswego, New York, United States
23 months
younger brother
Joe Stimpson
Birth: January 1, 1911 38 35Judsonia, White, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 16, 1974Hughes, St. Francis, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Louie Stimpson
Birth: February 1, 1913 40 37Judsonia, White, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 22, 1972Crittenden, Arkansas, United States
Family with Verna Lorene Brown - View this family
himself
Samuel Stimpson
Birth: September 7, 1903 30 27Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 17, 1965Marion, Crittenden, Arkansas, United States
wife
Verna Lorene Brown
Birth: November 22, 1909Woodruff, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 7, 1995Fieldsboro, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
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