The Shemwell Family

Edgar T LyonsAge: 67 years19021969

Name
Edgar T Lyons
Given names
Edgar T
Surname
Lyons
Birth July 9, 1902 31 25

MarriageGeneva BasingerView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterPearl Lyons
1904 (Age 17 months)

Birth of a sisterMollie Lyons
December 3, 1906 (Age 4 years)

Death of a sisterPearl Lyons
1906 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherRoscoe E Lyons
April 29, 1909 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMyrtle Lyons
June 29, 1911 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherAndrew Thomas Lyons
August 11, 1912 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 of a paternal grandfatherJohn Little Marion Lyons
May 8, 1928 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 son
#1
Ted Coleman Lyons
August 6, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 motherFlora Epperson
May 6, 1956 (Age 53 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 October 12, 1969 (Age 67 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Earl Ladd Memorial Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
9 years
younger brother
Roscoe E Lyons
Birth: April 29, 1909 38 32Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 4, 1976Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
-11 years
elder brother
9 years
younger sister
-23 months
younger sister
-18 months
himself
9 years
younger sister
Myrtle Lyons
Birth: June 29, 1911 40 34Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 13, 1998Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Family with Geneva Basinger - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
son
Ted Coleman Lyons
Birth: August 6, 1933 31 24Belleville, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 17, 2013Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

Edgar T Lyons has 6 first cousins recorded

Father's family (6)

Parents Isaac Henry Lyons + Cora Mae Guinn
1Jessie Bell Lyons19011982
2Lloyd Edward Lyons19041947
3Clyde Norman Lyons19111974
5Hugh Charles Lyons19212012
6Ernest V Lyons19252007

Mother's family (0)