The Shemwell Family

Arminda GlidewellAge: 82 years18591941

Name
Arminda Glidewell
Given names
Arminda
Surname
Glidewell
Married name
Arminda Gentle
Birth January 17, 1859
MarriageAlfred Caldwell GentleView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 7 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 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 son
#1
Nuton Augustus “Gus” Gentle
September 16, 1881 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Walter Blackman Gentle
July 3, 1889 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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
Marriage of a childNuton Augustus “Gus” GentleMattie Stella HesterView this family
estimated 1901 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Mable Ruth Gentle
September 30, 1902 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Norris Gentle
December 30, 1905 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Clifford Gentle
January 6, 1907 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Myrtle Gentle
about 1908 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Howard Burton Gentle Sr.
March 10, 1911 (Age 52 years)
Death of a sonNuton Augustus “Gus” Gentle
April 23, 1912 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 56 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 grandsonClifford Gentle
May 20, 1918 (Age 59 years)
Cause: Leukemia
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 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 58 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 grandsonNorris Gentle
April 26, 1922 (Age 63 years)
Cause: Brights Disease
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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 husbandAlfred Caldwell Gentle
May 26, 1931 (Age 72 years)
Death February 19, 1941 (Age 82 years)
Family with Alfred Caldwell Gentle - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
8 years
son
Walter Blackman Gentle
Birth: July 3, 1889 36 30Barren, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 22, 1974San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States

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