The Shemwell Family

Samuel Edward MasseyAge: 63 years18941957

Name
Samuel Edward Massey
Given names
Samuel Edward
Surname
Massey
Birth August 25, 1894 49 42
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
Death of a half-brotherJohn W Koontz
before 1900 (Age 5 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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
Death of a motherMary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Frost
November 30, 1929 (Age 35 years)
Cause: Elremia
Death of a sisterMyrtle Lena Massey
July 13, 1939 (Age 44 years)
Death of a half-sisterMyrtle Lena Massey
July 13, 1939 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherJames Kindred Massey
September 27, 1942 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 half-sisterRosa Alice Koontz
October 7, 1954 (Age 60 years)
Burial of a half-sisterRosa Alice Koontz
October 9, 1954 (Age 60 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salem Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 November 19, 1957 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: July 3, 1890Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
-5 years
elder sister
Myrtle Lena Massey
Adoption:
Birth: September 15, 1885Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 13, 1939Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
5 years
elder sister
Ivy Maude Massey
Birth: November 17, 1890 45 39Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 17, 1973Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
4 years
himself
Samuel Edward Massey
Birth: August 25, 1894 49 42Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 19, 1957San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Mother’s family with Adam P Koontz - View this family
step-father
Adam P Koontz
Birth: September 13, 1840Bremen, Marshall, Indiana, United States
Death: January 29, 1926Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
mother
Marriage: before 1870
9 months
half-sister
Rosa Alice Koontz
Birth: September 25, 1870 30 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 7, 1954Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
3 years
half-sister
Lillie Catherine “Kate” Koontz
Birth: September 12, 1873 32 22Bremen, Marshall, Indiana, United States
Death: November 5, 1968Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
7 years
half-brother
John W Koontz
Birth: about 1880 39 28Marion, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1900
Mother’s family with Edward Perkins - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: May 24, 1884Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
16 months
elder sister
Myrtle Lena Massey
Adoption:
Birth: September 15, 1885Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 13, 1939Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

Samuel Edward Massey has 9 first cousins recorded