The Shemwell Family

Madge Zella DentonAge: 83 years18931977

Name
Madge Zella Denton
Given names
Madge Zella
Surname
Denton
Married name
Madge Zella Beck
Married name
Madge Zella McMahan
Birth September 6, 1893 25 19
MarriageAsa L BeckView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#1
Helen Winifred Beck
August 10, 1917 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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 36 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
#1
Leo Franklin Richards Jr
November 20, 1934 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 fatherWilliam E Denton
July 23, 1950 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 motherAugusta Winifred Childers
August 24, 1969 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 February 8, 1977 (Age 83 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
William E Denton
Birth: August 22, 1868Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: July 23, 1950Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
mother
Augusta Winifred Childers
Birth: October 23, 1873Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: August 24, 1969Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: 1889Christian, Illinois, United States
5 years
herself
Madge Zella Denton
Birth: September 6, 1893 25 19Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: February 8, 1977Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Family with Asa L Beck - View this family
husband
herself
Madge Zella Denton
Birth: September 6, 1893 25 19Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: February 8, 1977Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Helen Winifred Beck
Birth: August 10, 1917 23 23Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Death: June 30, 2003Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
Madge Zella Denton
Birth: September 6, 1893 25 19Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: February 8, 1977Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States