The Shemwell Family

Lloyd Leeland LewisAge: 30 years18871918

Name
Lloyd Leeland Lewis
Given names
Lloyd Leeland
Surname
Lewis
Birth November 22, 1887
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Religious marriageRuth ShemwellView this family
November 23, 1915 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
World War I
1917 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 29 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 (on the date of death)

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 1918 (Age 30 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery
Family with Ruth Shemwell - View this family
himself
wife
Ruth Shemwell
Birth: July 16, 1896 47 42Missouri, United States
Death: January 9, 1969Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Marriage: November 23, 1915California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States
William Charles Wallace + Ruth Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
William Charles Wallace
Birth: February 15, 1887Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States
Death: January 5, 1956Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
wife
Ruth Shemwell
Birth: July 16, 1896 47 42Missouri, United States
Death: January 9, 1969Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Marriage: 1923Missouri, United States