Violet BeshearsAge: 61 years1905–1967
- Name
- Violet Beshears
- Given names
- Violet
- Surname
- Beshears
- Married name
- Violet Keys
 Birth | October 16, 1905 37 31 |
 Death of a brother | Charles B Beshears August 8, 1908 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy E Tomlinson January 18, 1913 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ada Beshears December 2, 1914 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Doctor F Greene May 22, 1918 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Martha M Beshears December 8, 1918 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 12 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 sister | Minnie Beshears December 31, 1922 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 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 mother | Laura Ann Greene January 22, 1938 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Lee Beshears February 2, 1945 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 40 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 9, 1967 (Age 61 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Lee Beshears Birth: August 17, 1868 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: February 2, 1945 — Burke, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Laura Ann Greene Birth: February 28, 1874 23 20 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: January 22, 1938 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 24, 1890 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States |
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| elder sister |
Minnie Beshears Birth: December 24, 1890 22 16 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: December 31, 1922 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Bynum Hill Beshears Birth: March 6, 1893 24 19 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: May 27, 1975 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Kiter Virginia Beshears Birth: July 21, 1896 27 22 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: August 1, 1976 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Charles B Beshears Birth: June 3, 1899 30 25 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: August 8, 1908 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Doctor Beshears Birth: about 1901 32 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Ina Mae Beshears Birth: April 11, 1903 34 29 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: February 11, 1987 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years herself |
Violet Beshears Birth: October 16, 1905 37 31 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 9, 1967 — Salem, Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
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9 years younger sister |
Ada Beshears Birth: December 2, 1914 46 40 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: November 17, 1996 — Milford, Sussex, Delaware, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Martha M Beshears Birth: December 8, 1918 50 44 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: October 18, 1988 |