The Shemwell Family

Mary Ezma AdkinsAge: 81 years18991981

Name
Mary Ezma Adkins
Given names
Mary Ezma
Surname
Adkins
Married name
Mary Ezma Hudspeth
Birth December 25, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Adkins Hudspeth
November 29, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Boyce Hudspeth
May 12, 1922 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Joseph Shemwell “Joe” Hudspeth
October 9, 1927 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 5, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#4
James Harold Hudspeth
December 21, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Death of a sonRobert Adkins Hudspeth
February 29, 1932 (Age 32 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 50 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 46 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 31, 1981 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery
Family with Robert Boyce “Bob” Hudspeth - View this family
husband
herself
son
Robert Adkins Hudspeth
Birth: November 29, 1920 24 20Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 29, 1932Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
17 months
daughter
Mary Boyce Hudspeth
Birth: May 12, 1922 26 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 13, 2001Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
5 years
son
Joseph Shemwell “Joe” Hudspeth
Birth: October 9, 1927 31 27Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 1985Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
James Harold Hudspeth
Birth: December 21, 1930 34 30Kentucky, United States
Death: December 15, 1994Newburgh, Warrick, Indiana, United States
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Boyce Hudspeth - Household

Throwbridge Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hudspeth, Robert BheadMW33M23KYKYKYManagerGrocery Store
Hudspeth, EsmawifeFW30M20KYKYKY
Hudspeth, Robert JrsonMW9SKYKYKY
Hudspeth, Mary BdaughterFW7SKYKYKY
Hudspeth, Joe SsonMW2SKYKYKY