The Shemwell Family

Henry Wesley Manning Jr.Age: 62 years18771939

Name
Henry Wesley Manning Jr.
Given names
Henry Wesley
Surname
Manning
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth January 16, 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMartha Emma ThompsonView this family
April 7, 1895 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy A “Dora” Manning
about 1897 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
DivorceMartha Emma ThompsonView this family
before 1902 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 52 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 March 9, 1939 (Age 62 years)
Family with Martha Emma Thompson - View this family
himself
Henry Wesley Manning Jr.
Birth: January 16, 1877Tiff City, McDonald, Missouri, United States
Death: March 9, 1939Tiff City, McDonald, Missouri, United States
ex-wife
Marriage: April 7, 1895Newton, Missouri, United States
Divorce: before 1902
3 years
daughter