The Shemwell Family

Name
Anna Mae Breshears
Given names
Anna Mae
Surname
Breshears
Birth May 19, 1904 27 17
Birth of a brotherOren Fay Breshears
June 22, 1906 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherClifford Frank Breshears
July 2, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Morris Breshears
April 27, 1909 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherFelix John Breshears
July 24, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherFelix John Breshears
July 26, 1911 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterRena Addie Breshears
June 8, 1912 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherFelix Newton Ferrell
August 18, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 brotherWilliam Breshears
November 21, 1917 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Breshears
November 21, 1917 (Age 13 years)
Burial of a brotherWilliam Breshears
November 21, 1917 (Age 13 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Star Cemetery
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 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 13 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 brotherAlbert Winfield “Bud” Breshears Jr.
August 2, 1919 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherRhoda Ann Keith
October 23, 1927 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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
Marriage of a parentAlbert Winfield BreshearsGrace May MontgomeryView this family
February 22, 1934 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherAlbert Winfield Breshears
December 5, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a parentAmos John HawesAnna FerrellView this family
February 21, 1941 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 motherAnna Ferrell
January 4, 1967 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 of a brotherOren Fay Breshears
September 24, 1980 (Age 76 years)
Death of a brotherClifford Frank Breshears
December 30, 1980 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sisterRena Addie Breshears
November 8, 1990 (Age 86 years)
Death September 15, 1994 (Age 90 years)
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