The Shemwell Family

Jessie Lawrence RichardsAge: 23 years18941918

Name
Jessie Lawrence Richards
Given names
Jessie Lawrence
Surname
Richards
Birth September 4, 1894
MarriageMildred M “Millie” MeredithView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 son
#1
Leo Franklin Richards
September 20, 1915 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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/
Death January 3, 1918 (Age 23 years)
Family with Mildred M “Millie” Meredith - View this family
himself
Jessie Lawrence Richards
Birth: September 4, 1894Annapolis, Crawford, Illinois, United States
Death: January 3, 1918Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States
wife
Mildred M “Millie” Meredith
Birth: March 7, 1896 34 21Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: December 1980Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Marriage:
son
Leo Franklin Richards
Birth: September 20, 1915 21 19Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Death: December 28, 1990Barstow, San Bernardino, California, United States

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