The Shemwell Family

Name
Walter Snow “Jack” Frost
Given names
Walter Snow
Surname
Frost
Nickname
Jack
Birth May 25, 1874 35 34
Birth of a brotherCharley W Frost
June 7, 1876 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAmelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson
September 14, 1876 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherCharley W Frost
August 13, 1877 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherAugust Snow Frost
August 10, 1878 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 brotherErnest Snow Frost
May 8, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Census June 14, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterJessie Pearl Frost
April 12, 1882 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterVesta Jane Frost
September 23, 1885 (Age 11 years)
MarriageMary Fredonia PurdyView this family
January 24, 1897 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Homer Snow Frost
September 27, 1897 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sonHomer Snow Frost
September 27, 1897 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
Birth of a son
#2
William H Frost
January 12, 1900 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherElisa Ellen “Louisa” Bradshaw
February 28, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sonWilliam H Frost
October 2, 1912 (Age 38 years)
Death of a sisterJessie Pearl Frost
June 28, 1914 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 brotherAugust Snow Frost
December 2, 1917 (Age 43 years)
Burial of a brotherAugust Snow Frost
December 4, 1917 (Age 43 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Granby Memorial Cemetery
Death of a sisterVesta Jane Frost
October 26, 1918 (Age 44 years)
Burial of a sisterVesta Jane Frost
October 28, 1918 (Age 44 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rural Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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 fatherSnow Frost
June 25, 1919 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Roy Snow Frost
March 9, 1920 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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
Adoption of a sonRoy Snow Frost

Adoption: Adopted by both parents
Death April 13, 1948 (Age 73 years)
Burial April 14, 1948 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Settlement Cemetery
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