The Shemwell Family

Doctor Beshears1901

Name
Doctor Beshears
Given names
Doctor
Surname
Beshears
Birth about 1901 32 26
Birth of a sisterIna Mae Beshears
April 11, 1903 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterViolet Beshears
October 16, 1905 (Age 4 years)
Death of a brotherCharles B Beshears
August 8, 1908 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy E Tomlinson
January 18, 1913 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterAda Beshears
December 2, 1914 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 grandfatherDoctor F Greene
May 22, 1918 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 sisterMartha M Beshears
December 8, 1918 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 17 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 sisterMinnie Beshears
December 31, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 motherLaura Ann Greene
January 22, 1938 (Age 37 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Lee Beshears
February 2, 1945 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 49 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 sisterViolet Beshears
February 9, 1967 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherBynum Hill Beshears
May 27, 1975 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 of a sisterKiter Virginia Beshears
August 1, 1976 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterIna Mae Beshears
February 11, 1987 (Age 86 years)
Death of a sisterMartha M Beshears
October 18, 1988 (Age 87 years)

Death of a sisterAda Beshears
November 17, 1996 (Age 95 years)
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1890Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
elder sister
Minnie Beshears
Birth: December 24, 1890 22 16Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 31, 1922Ashe, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
Bynum Hill Beshears
Birth: March 6, 1893 24 19Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 27, 1975Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Kiter Virginia Beshears
Birth: July 21, 1896 27 22Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 1, 1976Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Charles B Beshears
Birth: June 3, 1899 30 25Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 8, 1908Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
himself
Doctor Beshears
Birth: about 1901 32 26North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
younger sister
Ina Mae Beshears
Birth: April 11, 1903 34 29Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 11, 1987Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Violet Beshears
Birth: October 16, 1905 37 31North Carolina, United States
Death: February 9, 1967Salem, Roanoke, Virginia, United States
9 years
younger sister
Ada Beshears
Birth: December 2, 1914 46 40Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 17, 1996Milford, Sussex, Delaware, United States
4 years
younger sister
Martha M Beshears
Birth: December 8, 1918 50 44Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 18, 1988

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