The Shemwell Family

Fannie Eunice McGinnisAge: 59 years18881947

Name
Fannie Eunice McGinnis
Given names
Fannie Eunice
Surname
McGinnis
Married name
Fannie Eunice Tipton
Birth April 26, 1888 26 29
Birth of a sisterNina McGinnis
April 16, 1890 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a sisterWillie McGinnis
January 1892 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherNeal McGinnis
October 2, 1894 (Age 6 years)

Death of a brotherNeal McGinnis
April 12, 1895 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a brotherThomas Earl McGinnis
January 10, 1898 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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 paternal grandmotherMary Fannie Smith
December 5, 1900 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherHarold E McGinnis
1901 (Age 12 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherStarling A McGinnis
October 29, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Death of a sisterLora E McGinnis
January 26, 1912 (Age 23 years)
Burial of a sisterLora E McGinnis
January 27, 1912 (Age 23 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Death of a motherDelilah Belle “Lila” Neal
August 8, 1912 (Age 24 years)
Cause: Abscess of Liver
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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/
MarriageClyde H TiptonView this family
September 30, 1919 (Age 31 years)
Death of a fatherJames William McGinnis
May 14, 1927 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 husbandClyde H Tipton
April 17, 1945 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 July 10, 1947 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Grove Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 23, 1883Logan, Kentucky, United States
13 months
elder sister
Lora E McGinnis
Birth: November 1884 23 26
Death: January 26, 1912Logan, Kentucky, United States
4 years
herself
Fannie Eunice McGinnis
Birth: April 26, 1888 26 29Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 10, 1947Unicoi, Unicoi, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Nina McGinnis
Birth: April 16, 1890 28 31Auburn, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 4, 1951Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
22 months
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Family with Clyde H Tipton - View this family
husband
Clyde H Tipton
Birth: June 9, 1890Butler, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 17, 1945Fordtown, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
herself
Fannie Eunice McGinnis
Birth: April 26, 1888 26 29Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 10, 1947Unicoi, Unicoi, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: September 30, 1919Robertson, Tennessee, United States