The Shemwell Family

Claudius L PhillipsAge: 60 years18731933

Name
Claudius L Phillips
Given names
Claudius L
Surname
Phillips
Birth 1873

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 son
#1
Zelma Lee Phillips
August 30, 1901 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Witt Phillips
September 23, 1910 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ruth Mildred Phillips
1914 (Age 41 years)

Death of a daughterRuth Mildred Phillips
1916 (Age 43 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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
Birth of a son
#4
James Willard Phillips
1918 (Age 45 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 45 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Helen Lee Phillips
November 12, 1925 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Paul Shemwell Phillips
October 13, 1927 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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
Birth of a grandson
#3
Robert Claude Phillips
March 14, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Death of a granddaughterHelen Lee Phillips
October 16, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childThomas Witt PhillipsAlpha Lee “Alfie” ShemwellView this family
April 24, 1931 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Norris Gene Phillips
June 21, 1932 (Age 59 years)
Death 1933 (Age 60 years)

Family with Maude Witt - View this family
himself
wife
son
9 years
son
Thomas Witt Phillips
Birth: September 23, 1910 37Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 30, 1984Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
5 years
son
son
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