Myrtle A SherrodAge: 89 years1910–1999
- Name
- Myrtle A Sherrod
- Given names
- Myrtle A
- Surname
- Sherrod
 Birth | May 10, 1910 30 25 |
 Birth of a sister | Olevia Virginia Sherrod March 27, 1914 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 paternal grandfather | Finis Washington Sherrod April 30, 1919 (Age 8 years) |
 Census | January 14, 1920 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell August 16, 1924 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mattie Lou Eddings September 16, 1928 (Age 18 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod — Maude Edomson “Maudie” Hall — View this family about 1929 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 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 23, 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | James Willard Sherrod March 6, 1931 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 |
| Census | April 29, 1950 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod June 25, 1951 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 half-brother | Carlie Finis Sherrod October 12, 1979 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Arvin Willis Sherrod March 25, 1996 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a sister | Olevia Virginia Sherrod May 9, 1997 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | December 2, 1999 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod Birth: January 22, 1880 36 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1951 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mattie Lou Eddings Birth: September 7, 1884 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 16, 1928 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1906 — Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Arvin Willis Sherrod Birth: February 21, 1908 28 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 25, 1996 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Myrtle A Sherrod Birth: May 10, 1910 30 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 2, 1999 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Olevia Virginia Sherrod Birth: March 27, 1914 34 29 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 1997 — Bristol, Virginia, United States |
| Father’s family with Minnie Pearl Richmond |
| father |
James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod Birth: January 22, 1880 36 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1951 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Minnie Pearl Richmond Death: |
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Marriage: November 11, 1900 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months half-brother |
Carlie Finis Sherrod Birth: June 30, 1902 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 12, 1979 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Maude Edomson “Maudie” Hall |
| father |
James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod Birth: January 22, 1880 36 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1951 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Maude Edomson “Maudie” Hall Birth: October 30, 1892 37 28 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1960 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1929 — |
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2 years half-brother |
James Willard Sherrod Birth: March 6, 1931 51 38 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 31, 2002 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Samuel Sherrod - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Samuel Sherrod - Household
Clifty, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod - Household
Charlis Stinson Road Todd, Kentucky
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