The Shemwell Family

Edna Obident SheriffAge: 83 years19121996

Name
Edna Obident Sheriff
Given names
Edna Obident
Surname
Sheriff
Married name
Edna Obident Atkin
Birth February 11, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 17 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
MarriageBenal Allen AtkinView this family
estimated 1939 (Age 26 years)

Census April 5, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 33 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 of a husbandBenal Allen Atkin
February 4, 1989 (Age 76 years)
Death January 1, 1996 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Park
Family with Benal Allen Atkin - View this family
husband
Benal Allen Atkin
Birth: May 10, 1911 39 31Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: February 4, 1989South Carolina, United States
herself
Edna Obident Sheriff
Birth: February 11, 1912Pickens, South Carolina, United States
Death: January 1, 1996Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Marriage: estimated 1939

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Benal Allen Atkin - Household

Green Street Duncan, Spartanburg, South Carolina

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Atkin, Benal AheadMW28MSCRSpartanburgSCLinnerBleachery
Atkin, EdnaCwifeFW27MSCRSpartanburgSC