The Shemwell Family

Mary Emeline CampbellAge: 75 years19161992

Name
Mary Emeline Campbell
Given names
Mary Emeline
Surname
Campbell
Married name
Mary Emeline Wagner
Birth November 16, 1916 32 22
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherRexford Ray Campbell
June 29, 1918 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a brotherWalter Perkins Campbell
June 29, 1918 (Age 19 months)
Death of a motherSarah Lemery Smith
June 29, 1918 (Age 19 months)
Death of a brotherWalter Perkins Campbell
August 10, 1918 (Age 20 months)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 46 days)

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 13 months)

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 12 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 brotherLawrence Albert Campbell
December 13, 1937 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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
Death of a fatherJohn Thomas Campbell
January 18, 1959 (Age 42 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNicy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greene
January 23, 1965 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 March 19, 1992 (Age 75 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: December 28, 1913Ashe, North Carolina, United States
9 months
elder brother
Lawrence Albert Campbell
Birth: September 27, 1914 30 19Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 13, 1937North Carolina, United States
2 years
herself
Mary Emeline Campbell
Birth: November 16, 1916 32 22Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 19, 1992Bristol, Virginia, United States
19 months
younger brother
Rexford Ray Campbell
Birth: June 29, 1918 34 23Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 9, 2012
younger brother
Walter Perkins Campbell
Birth: June 29, 1918 34 23Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 10, 1918Ashe, North Carolina, United States