The Shemwell Family

Name
Artie Epps
Given names
Artie
Surname
Epps
Married name
Artie McBride
Birth May 1880 47 41
Census June 4, 1880 (Age 34 days)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 20 years)
MarriageHamlet Edward McBrideView this family
about 1901 (Age 20 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census
Death of a motherElizabeth J Ferguson
September 28, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherJoshua Daniel Epps
February 14, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Death of a brotherMarion Lafayette Epps
February 12, 1924 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sisterMary Rosetta Epps
January 18, 1936 (Age 55 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Death of a husbandHamlet Edward McBride
1943 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Carroll Epps
February 4, 1945 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 65 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 13, 1946 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Levelland Municipal Cemetery
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