The Shemwell Family

Mary Etta MichaelAge: 95 years18781974

Name
Mary Etta Michael
Given names
Mary Etta
Surname
Michael
Married name
Mary Etta Shomaker
Birth April 18, 1878 24 26

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
Birth of a sisterThursa Cornelia Michael
February 29, 1880 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Lee Michael
March 28, 1885 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy L Watson
about 1885 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Walter Michael
April 3, 1887 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sisterAnnie Sarah Michael
July 29, 1889 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Conley Greene
about 1889 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Watson
May 11, 1890 (Age 12 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Sarah Michael
January 3, 1891 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterCarrie Belle Michael
July 21, 1892 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherCarl Edgar Michael
July 21, 1892 (Age 14 years)
Death of a brotherCarl Edgar Michael
July 28, 1892 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Martin Michael
February 26, 1895 (Age 16 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 sisterNancy L Michael
about 1902 (Age 23 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam Filmore Michael
September 10, 1909 (Age 31 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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
Death of a motherMartha Isabel Greene
February 24, 1932 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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
Death of a fatherLarkin Joseph Michael
June 8, 1948 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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 brotherJoseph Lee Michael
May 29, 1966 (Age 88 years)
Death of a brotherGreene Riley Michael
September 28, 1967 (Age 89 years)
Death of a brotherJames Martin Michael
July 7, 1968 (Age 90 years)
Death of a sisterThursa Cornelia Michael
March 15, 1970 (Age 91 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 January 18, 1974 (Age 95 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: December 10, 1870Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 months
elder sister
Nancy L Michael
Birth: March 1871 17 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1902
14 months
elder brother
William Filmore Michael
Birth: May 2, 1872 18 20Warren, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 10, 1909
2 years
elder brother
Greene Riley Michael
Birth: October 1, 1874 20 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 28, 1967Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
herself
Mary Etta Michael
Birth: April 18, 1878 24 26
Death: January 18, 1974Avery, North Carolina, United States
22 months
younger sister
Thursa Cornelia Michael
Birth: February 29, 1880 26 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 15, 1970Ashe, North Carolina, United States
5 years
younger brother
Joseph Lee Michael
Birth: March 28, 1885 31 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 29, 1966Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Charles Walter Michael
Birth: April 3, 1887 33 35
Death: September 21, 1984Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Annie Sarah Michael
Birth: July 29, 1889 35 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 3, 1891Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Carrie Belle Michael
Birth: July 21, 1892 38 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1979Watauga, North Carolina, United States
younger brother
Carl Edgar Michael
Birth: July 21, 1892 38 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 28, 1892Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
James Martin Michael
Birth: February 26, 1895 41 42
Death: July 7, 1968Watauga, North Carolina, United States