The Shemwell Family

Name
Mattie Mae “Monni” Cherry
Given names
Mattie Mae
Surname
Cherry
Nickname
Monni
Married name
Mattie Mae Fitzhugh
Birth April 17, 1881 39 36
Birth of a brotherJohn Melvin Cherry
February 10, 1883 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a brotherNorman Franklin Cherry
January 28, 1885 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMaletha Shemwell
November 15, 1894 (Age 13 years)
MarriageHenry Vermon FitzhughView this family
June 22, 1898 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lilllie May Fitzhugh
June 2, 1899 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Floy Inez Fitzhugh
February 3, 1901 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Gretchen Fitzhugh
May 4, 1904 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Modenia Fitzhugh
March 24, 1906 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Bessie Lee Fitzhugh
June 5, 1908 (Age 27 years)
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Clarice Faye Fitzhugh
August 29, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Dorothy Elizabeth Fitzhugh
February 20, 1913 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Mary Lorie “Myrt” Fitzhugh
September 3, 1915 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherMary Jane Sikes
January 21, 1916 (Age 34 years)
Death of a husbandHenry Vermon Fitzhugh
August 14, 1916 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 March 16, 1920 (Age 38 years)
Marriage of a childLawrence Herbert MayoGretchen FitzhughView this family
about 1925 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Robert Vernon Mayo
August 12, 1926 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Lawrence Herbert Mayo Jr.
April 22, 1928 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childJames Thomas “J T” Hopper Jr.Clarice Faye FitzhughView this family
October 5, 1929 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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
Birth of a grandson
#3
Kenneth Hughdon “Monk” Mayo
April 23, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Census April 24, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Randolph Cherry
September 3, 1932 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherJames Calvin Cherry
December 13, 1932 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Leonard Carroll Mayo
July 3, 1933 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Mary Elizabeth Campbell
August 31, 1934 (Age 53 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childDr. Frank Edwin StoneLilllie May FitzhughView this family
after 1940 (Age 58 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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
Death of a sisterLucy McKinsey Cherry
November 10, 1948 (Age 67 years)
Cause: Stomach cancer
Death of a brotherNorman Franklin Cherry
March 14, 1951 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 68 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 brotherZalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry
June 29, 1954 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sisterMary Earl “Mollie” Cherry
September 28, 1957 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sisterEstella Meletha “Stella” Cherry
1960 (Age 78 years)
Death of a daughterModenia Fitzhugh
April 12, 1966 (Age 84 years)
Cause: Pancreatic Cancer
Death of a brotherJohn Melvin Cherry
March 30, 1970 (Age 88 years)
Cause: lobar pneumonia
Death of a daughterBessie Lee Fitzhugh
January 25, 1971 (Age 89 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 September 15, 1974 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery
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