The Shemwell Family

Horace Austin StreeterAge: 78 years18711950

Name
Horace Austin Streeter
Given names
Horace Austin
Surname
Streeter
Birth December 10, 1871 24 22
Birth of a sisterNettie Idonia “Ada” Streeter
March 25, 1873 (Age 15 months)
Birth of a brotherRobert Henry Streeter
June 10, 1874 (Age 2 years)
Death of a motherMatilda Mitchell
November 18, 1874 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Austin Gillette
February 24, 1885 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Washington Streeter
November 26, 1889 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherMargrum Mitchell
October 6, 1894 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Ann Tainter
August 10, 1906 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 brotherRobert Henry Streeter
February 25, 1921 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Washington Streeter Jr.
January 9, 1928 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 78 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 74 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 February 13, 1950 (Age 78 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: December 20, 1870Shell Rock, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
1 year
himself
Horace Austin Streeter
Birth: December 10, 1871 24 22Shell Rock, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Death: February 13, 1950Spokane, Washington, United States
15 months
younger sister
Nettie Idonia “Ada” Streeter
Birth: March 25, 1873 26 23Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Death: July 30, 1958East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
15 months
younger brother
Robert Henry Streeter
Birth: June 10, 1874 27 24Shell Rock, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Death: February 25, 1921Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States