The Shemwell Family

Birth of a sister

Almira Reed
September 26, 1890 (Age 23 months)

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)

Cuba

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 mother

Mary Jane Lyles
April 1, 1910 (Age 21 years)

Census

April 15, 1910 (Age 21 years)

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Winfred Reed - Household

Birth of a daughter
#1

Nellie Jarvis
December 25, 1914 (Age 26 years)

Death of a daughter

Nellie Jarvis
January 4, 1915 (Age 26 years)

Cause: Internal injuries during labor

Birth of a son
#2

Victor Jarvis
March 25, 1916 (Age 27 years)

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

Birth of a son
#3

Jewel Jarvis
April 15, 1918 (Age 29 years)

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/

Death of a father

James Winfred Reed
May 23, 1919 (Age 30 years)

Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States

Census

January 20, 1920 (Age 31 years)

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Eldridge Jarvis - Household

Birth of a son
#4

Graydon Jarvis
May 25, 1920 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5

Doris Jarvis
May 25, 1922 (Age 33 years)

Birth of a daughter
#6

Evelyn Jarvis
March 22, 1924 (Age 35 years)

Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States

Birth of a daughter
#7

Charlotte Jarvis
January 21, 1926 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a son
#8

George Eldridge Jarvis Jr.
October 2, 1927 (Age 38 years)

Death of a son

George Eldridge Jarvis Jr.
April 6, 1929 (Age 40 years)

Birth of a son
#9

Blake Jarvis
August 3, 1929 (Age 40 years)

Historical Event

The Great Depression

October 1929 (Age 40 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

Census

April 8, 1930 (Age 41 years)

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Eldridge Jarvis - Household

Census

April 12, 1940 (Age 51 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1

Michael Dennis Jarvis
October 5, 1944 (Age 55 years)

Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States

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

Death of a brother

Clifton Reed
December 10, 1949 (Age 61 years)

Census

April 11, 1950 (Age 61 years)

Historical Event

Korean War

between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 years)

South Korea

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

Birth of a grandson
#2

Joe Boyce Heath
September 1, 1955 (Age 66 years)

Death of a brother

Luther Reed
June 1, 1958 (Age 69 years)

Nelson, Kentucky, United States

Birth of a grandson
#3

Jeffery Allen Burton
February 12, 1959 (Age 70 years)

Death of a sister

Bertha Reed
March 9, 1961 (Age 72 years)

Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States

Birth of a grandson
#4

Robert Lynn Frizzell
March 4, 1963 (Age 74 years)

Death of a grandson

Robert Lynn Frizzell
June 25, 1963 (Age 74 years)

Death of a husband

George Eldridge Jarvis
December 31, 1965 (Age 77 years)

Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States

Death of a sister

Almira Reed
November 15, 1973 (Age 85 years)

Historical Event

Vietnam War

between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 years)

Vietnam

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 25, 1978 (Age 89 years)