The Shemwell Family

Gillie F HarrisAge: 25 years18921918

Name
Gillie F Harris
Given names
Gillie F
Surname
Harris
Married name
Gillie F Lyon
Birth May 13, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
MarriageCharles Allen “Charlie” LyonView this family
about 1915 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Alberta Marie Lyon
March 13, 1916 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 February 13, 1918 (Age 25 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Family with Charles Allen “Charlie” Lyon - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1915
14 months
daughter
Alberta Marie Lyon
Birth: March 13, 1916 19 23Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 17, 2003Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Charles Allen “Charlie” Lyon + Norma L Boley - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Norma L Boley
Birth: June 4, 1895Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 16, 1977Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1914
12 years
step-son
Robert William Lyon
Birth: June 22, 1925 28 30Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Death: June 12, 1966Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States