The Shemwell Family

Minerva E LeaderAge: 72 years19051978

Name
Minerva E Leader
Given names
Minerva E
Surname
Leader
Married name
Minerva E McKim
Birth August 13, 1905 36 25
Death of a maternal grandmotherParthenia E Moore
March 2, 1907 (Age 18 months)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn A Epps
January 2, 1913 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 19, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterAdeline Leader
August 19, 1924 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 14, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Death of a fatherAlbert Franklin Leader
May 7, 1937 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 motherMargaret Caroline “Maggie” Epps
April 15, 1967 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 January 16, 1978 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cochran Cemetery
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father
Albert Franklin Leader
Birth: June 29, 1869Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
Death: May 7, 1937Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
mother
Margaret Caroline “Maggie” Epps
Birth: October 14, 1879 43 35Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: April 15, 1967Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: May 18, 1904Butler, Missouri, United States
15 months
herself
Minerva E Leader
Birth: August 13, 1905 36 25Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: January 16, 1978Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
19 years
younger sister
Adeline Leader
Birth: August 19, 1924 55 44Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 3, 2017Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States
Family with Earmel McKim - View this family
husband
herself
Minerva E Leader
Birth: August 13, 1905 36 25Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: January 16, 1978Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private

Minerva E Leader has 8 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Wilson - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wilson, ThomasheadMW50M1MOMOMOFarmerRented Farm
Wilson, Mattie BwifeFW26M111MOMOMO
Wilson, Dorota PdaughterFW4mSMOMOMO
Epps, Johnfather in lawMW74WdMOTNTNFarmerOwn Farm
Leader, MinervanieceFW4SMOOHMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Margaret Caroline “Maggie” Epps - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Leader, Margaret CheadFW40MMOMOMOFarmerHome Farm
Leader, Minerva EdaughterFW14SMOOHMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Margaret Caroline “Maggie” Epps - Household

Missouri State Hwy 67 Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Leader, MargaretheadFW50M24MOMOMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Leader, MinervadaughterFW24SMOOHMOTeacherPublic School
Leader, AdelinedaughterFW5SMOOHMO