The Shemwell Family

Clara Eunice LynchAge: 87 years19051992

Name
Clara Eunice Lynch
Given names
Clara Eunice
Surname
Lynch
Married name
Clara Eunice Grimes
Birth February 23, 1905

MarriageLee Roy GrimesView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 24 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 daughter
#1
Betty Anne Grimes
December 3, 1929 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Frances Grimes
January 31, 1932 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 husbandLee Roy Grimes
March 3, 1947 (Age 42 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 40 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 August 17, 1992 (Age 87 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakland Cemetery
Family with Lee Roy Grimes - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
daughter
Betty Anne Grimes
Birth: December 3, 1929 27 24Carden Bottoms, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 7, 2008
2 years
daughter
Mary Frances Grimes
Birth: January 31, 1932 30 26Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 7, 2011Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States

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