The Shemwell Family

Charles F Adams1876

Name
Charles F Adams
Given names
Charles F
Surname
Adams
Birth 1876 27 30

Birth of a sisterLenora “Nora” Adams
August 1878 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 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 sisterDella Adams
June 1881 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a sisterStella Adams
June 1881 (Age 5 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Tony Adams
December 8, 1881 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterHelen Adams
May 10, 1884 (Age 8 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Turvey Hagins
February 27, 1885 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterJewel Adams
June 1886 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a brotherWade Hampton “Hamp” Adams
October 1888 (Age 12 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Ewin Gamble
January 17, 1896 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 maternal grandmotherMartha E Connally
June 5, 1900 (Age 24 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ann Gamble
August 16, 1916 (Age 40 years)
Death of a fatherFrancis Marion Adams
October 18, 1916 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 53 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 sisterOlive A “Ollie” Adams
1931 (Age 55 years)

Death of a sisterHelen Adams
1934 (Age 58 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam T Adams
1938 (Age 62 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 74 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 sisterDella Adams
1955 (Age 79 years)

Death of a sisterIcie Dora Adams
September 23, 1963 (Age 87 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 70 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
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Marriage: 1866
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6 years
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