The Shemwell Family

Minnie Pearl Richmond

Name
Minnie Pearl Richmond
Given names
Minnie Pearl
Surname
Richmond
Married name
Minnie Pearl Sherrod
Note: Minnie Pearl Richmond was in the original gedcom. 1910 Census has Mattie.
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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
MarriageJames Samuel “Jim” SherrodView this family
November 11, 1900
Birth of a son
#1
Carlie Finis Sherrod
June 30, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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

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

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/
Marriage of a childCarlie Finis SherrodBessie Lener TabbView this family
June 19, 1920

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929

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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945

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 husbandJames Samuel “Jim” Sherrod
June 25, 1951
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953
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
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 sonCarlie Finis Sherrod
October 12, 1979
Deathunknown

Family with James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 11, 1900Todd, Kentucky, United States
20 months
son
Carlie Finis Sherrod
Birth: June 30, 1902 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 12, 1979Todd, Kentucky, United States
James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod + Mattie Lou Eddings - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1906Kentucky, United States
2 years
step-son
Arvin Willis Sherrod
Birth: February 21, 1908 28 23Kentucky, United States
Death: March 25, 1996Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Myrtle A Sherrod
Birth: May 10, 1910 30 25Kentucky, United States
Death: December 2, 1999Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Olevia Virginia Sherrod
Birth: March 27, 1914 34 29Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 9, 1997Bristol, Virginia, United States
James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod + Maude Edomson “Maudie” Hall - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1929
2 years
step-son
James Willard Sherrod
Birth: March 6, 1931 51 38Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 31, 2002Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Name
Minnie Pearl Richmond was in the original gedcom. 1910 Census has Mattie.