The Shemwell Family

Rhoda Arlena BatesAge: 71 years18801951

Name
Rhoda Arlena Bates
Given names
Rhoda Arlena
Surname
Bates
Married name
Rhoda Arlena Chambers
Birth February 12, 1880
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
MarriageSamuel Ernest ChambersView this family
August 9, 1903 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Henry Chambers
about 1909 (Age 28 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/
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
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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 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
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 July 30, 1951 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Cemetery
Family with Samuel Ernest Chambers - View this family
husband
herself
Rhoda Arlena Bates
Birth: February 12, 1880Pope, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 30, 1951Tulare, California, United States
Marriage: August 9, 1903Conway, Arkansas, United States
6 years
son
Samuel Ernest Chambers + Annie May Williamson - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: January 23, 1915Perry, Arkansas, United States
16 months
step-daughter
Idella Chambers
Birth: May 25, 1916 34 32Arkansas, United States
Death: March 29, 1986North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States