The Shemwell Family

Winfrey Daniel CollieAge: 80 years18681948

Name
Winfrey Daniel Collie
Given names
Winfrey Daniel
Surname
Collie
Birth October 13, 1868 18 16
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 months)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

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 sisterCorda Collie
April 1883 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterFloy Collie
May 1888 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherRosa Bannister
May 12, 1893 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a half-brotherBuren Edward Collie
July 19, 1894 (Age 25 years)
Marriage of a parentDavid Holloway CollieSusan Jane “Susie” BreezeelView this family
June 10, 1896 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a half-brotherVan Buren Collie
January 25, 1898 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 fatherDavid Holloway Collie
December 1, 1908 (Age 40 years)
Cause: Suicide
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 77 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 October 24, 1948 (Age 80 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: December 17, 1867Lyon, Kentucky, United States
10 months
himself
Winfrey Daniel Collie
Birth: October 13, 1868 18 16Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 24, 1948Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
15 years
younger sister
Corda Collie
Birth: April 1883 32 31Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
5 years
younger sister
Floy Collie
Birth: May 1888 37 36Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
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step-mother
Marriage:
half-brother
Buren Edward Collie
Birth: July 19, 1894 43Kentucky, United States
Death: August 8, 1984Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Father’s family with Susan Jane “Susie” Breezeel - View this family
father
step-mother
Susan Jane “Susie” Breezeel
Birth: May 24, 1856 33 24Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 12, 1932Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: June 10, 1896Marshall, Kentucky, United States
20 months
half-brother

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