The Shemwell Family

Flora EppersonAge: 79 years18761956

Name
Flora Epperson
Given names
Flora
Surname
Epperson
Married name
Flora Lyons
Birth July 31, 1876

MarriageAndrew Thomas LyonsView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#1
Densley E Lyons
April 13, 1898 (Age 21 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
Birth of a son
#2
Homer Lyons
September 15, 1900 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Edgar T Lyons
July 9, 1902 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Pearl Lyons
1904 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Mollie Lyons
December 3, 1906 (Age 30 years)

Death of a daughterPearl Lyons
1906 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a son
#6
Roscoe E Lyons
April 29, 1909 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Myrtle Lyons
June 29, 1911 (Age 34 years)
Death of a husbandAndrew Thomas Lyons
August 11, 1912 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
Birth of a grandson
#1
Charles Edward Lyons
January 12, 1928 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Carolyn Crow
September 5, 1929 (Age 53 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 granddaughter
#3
Bonnie Sue Lyons
October 19, 1930 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Marion Joyce Crow
February 1, 1931 (Age 54 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Flora Frances Crow
February 23, 1933 (Age 56 years)

Birth of a grandson
#6
Ted Coleman Lyons
August 6, 1933 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
George Burton Lyons Sr.
August 12, 1933 (Age 57 years)
Death of a granddaughterFlora Frances Crow
November 4, 1935 (Age 59 years)

Death of a granddaughterMarion Joyce Crow
December 1, 1936 (Age 60 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8
Thomas Ruel Crow
May 12, 1937 (Age 60 years)

Birth of a grandson
#9
James Hoyt Crow
April 22, 1942 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Bobby E Lyons
November 25, 1942 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 73 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 69 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 May 6, 1956 (Age 79 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Moore Hill Cemetery
Family with Andrew Thomas Lyons - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
9 years
son
Roscoe E Lyons
Birth: April 29, 1909 38 32Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 4, 1976Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
-11 years
son
9 years
daughter
-23 months
daughter
-18 months
son
9 years
daughter
Myrtle Lyons
Birth: June 29, 1911 40 34Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 13, 1998Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States

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