The Shemwell Family

Name
Mary M Driskill
Given names
Mary M
Surname
Driskill
Married name
Mary M Brigance
Birth January 18, 1873 26 20
Birth of a brotherElvis Hayes Driskill
January 10, 1875 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherConnie Robert “Meits” Driskill
May 13, 1877 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

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 sisterRebecca Driskill
1879 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherIrvin Gilbert
April 1880 (Age 7 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Census June 16, 1880 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth “Betsy” Hall
after 1880 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherClarence David “Fritz” Driskill
October 1, 1884 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterSallie E Driskill
September 7, 1886 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Euel Driskill
July 23, 1889 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterDola M Driskill
June 1892 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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
MarriageJasper Alexander BriganceView this family
estimated 1899 (Age 25 years)

Census June 1, 1900 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Iva Brigance
1906 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterGeorge A Bell Driskill
between 1900 and 1910 (Age 26 years)

Death of a sisterSallie E Driskill
August 8, 1907 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Otha Harold Brigance
May 28, 1908 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sisterRebecca Driskill
September 11, 1912 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#3
Charles C Brigance
December 8, 1917 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 43 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 44 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/
Census January 24, 1920 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childErnest Clay MotsingerIva BriganceView this family
May 6, 1922 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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 fatherRobert William Driskill
March 14, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Census April 21, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Death of a husbandJasper Alexander Brigance
August 29, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherMary Mollie Gilbert
October 29, 1935 (Age 62 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 67 years)
Marriage of a childCharles C BriganceRena Mae MarshallView this family
after 1941 (Age 67 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 76 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 brotherClarence David “Fritz” Driskill
September 11, 1957 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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 June 20, 1960 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
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