The Shemwell Family

Elijah Dwight CampbellAge: 51 years19071959

Name
Elijah Dwight Campbell
Given names
Elijah Dwight
Surname
Campbell
Birth August 22, 1907 47 42
Death of a motherElizabeth Jane “Betty” Frost
May 28, 1916 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 brotherHenry Harrison “Red” Campbell
April 2, 1922 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 sisterMona A Campbell
August 16, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherOscar Willard Campbell
April 20, 1934 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherRichard Bland Campbell
August 28, 1942 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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 brotherNorman English Campbell
January 3, 1955 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 June 19, 1959 (Age 51 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Golden Gate National Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 28, 1884Seligman, Barry, Missouri, United States
1 year
elder sister
Beatrix W “Trixie” Campbell
Birth: December 21, 1885 25 21Missouri, United States
Death: January 19, 1970Alameda, California, United States
20 months
elder sister
Mona A Campbell
Birth: September 2, 1887 27 22Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States
Death: August 16, 1931Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Alma L Campbell
Birth: October 1, 1889 29 24Missouri, United States
Death: July 15, 1987Monett, Barry, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
Oscar Willard Campbell
Birth: February 20, 1892 32 27Missouri, United States
Death: April 20, 1934St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder brother
Henry Harrison “Red” Campbell
Birth: January 4, 1895 35 30Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: April 2, 1922Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Gail Campbell
Birth: September 19, 1897 37 32Missouri, United States
Death: January 9, 1967Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
elder brother
Norman English Campbell
Birth: August 8, 1900 40 35Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 3, 1955Alameda, California, United States
3 years
elder brother
Richard Bland Campbell
Birth: December 28, 1903 43 39Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 28, 1942Prairie, Newton, Arkansas, United States
4 years
himself
Elijah Dwight Campbell
Birth: August 22, 1907 47 42Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 19, 1959San Francisco, California, United States