The Shemwell Family

Walter Galway BrowningAge: 38 years18961934

Name
Walter Galway Browning
Given names
Walter Galway
Surname
Browning
Birth March 22, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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/
MarriageAnna Laura McGeheeView this family
April 4, 1922 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Harriette Anne Browning
February 21, 1924 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Minnie Louise Browning
July 2, 1925 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Leona Aileen Browning
July 30, 1931 (Age 35 years)
Death June 5, 1934 (Age 38 years)
Obituary
Walter G Browning Obituary
June 7, 1934 (2 days after death)
Note: CAVE SPRINGS WORLD WAR VETERAN DEAD-----Walter G. Browning, age 38 years, of Cave Springs, died in the United States Veterans Hospital Tuesday. He had been in poor health since the war and when his illness became critical he was removed to the Veterans Hospital. For some time he had been in the veterans hospital at El Paso, Texas, but returned home a year ago.------Funeral services will be held in Rogers this afternoon under the auspices of the American Legion Post of Rogers and the Disabled American Veterans of Fayetteville. Burial will be made in the Rogers cemetery.--------Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Browning of Rogers, his widow, Mrs. Anna McGhee Browning of Cave Springs, and three daughters. ------[Benton County Record & Democrat – Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas – Thursday, June 7, 1934 -Page 2 Column 2]
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rogers Cemetery
Family with Anna Laura McGehee - View this family
himself
wife
Anna Laura McGehee
Birth: September 29, 1900 33 31Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 24, 1992Paris, Logan, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: April 4, 1922Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States
23 months
daughter
Harriette Anne Browning
Birth: February 21, 1924 27 23Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 28, 1988
16 months
daughter
Minnie Louise Browning
Birth: July 2, 1925 29 24Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 12, 1949Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
6 years
daughter
Leona Aileen Browning
Birth: July 30, 1931 35 30El Paso, Texas, United States
Death: November 7, 1999St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Obituary
CAVE SPRINGS WORLD WAR VETERAN DEAD-----Walter G. Browning, age 38 years, of Cave Springs, died in the United States Veterans Hospital Tuesday. He had been in poor health since the war and when his illness became critical he was removed to the Veterans Hospital. For some time he had been in the veterans hospital at El Paso, Texas, but returned home a year ago.------Funeral services will be held in Rogers this afternoon under the auspices of the American Legion Post of Rogers and the Disabled American Veterans of Fayetteville. Burial will be made in the Rogers cemetery.--------Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Browning of Rogers, his widow, Mrs. Anna McGhee Browning of Cave Springs, and three daughters. ------[Benton County Record & Democrat – Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas – Thursday, June 7, 1934 -Page 2 Column 2]