The Shemwell Family

Tabitha Adaline HuffmanAge: 88 years18991987

Name
Tabitha Adaline Huffman
Given names
Tabitha Adaline
Surname
Huffman
Married name
Tabitha Adaline Donnell
Birth January 10, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 daughter
#1
Dorothy Loraine Donnell
September 8, 1922 (Age 23 years)
Death of a daughterDorothy Loraine Donnell
July 19, 1925 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Bill Alonzo Donnell
January 12, 1926 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
#3
Harold Raymond Donnell
May 9, 1933 (Age 34 years)
Death of a sonHarold Raymond Donnell
May 25, 1934 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Lonnie Donnell
October 8, 1934 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Rosella Vee “Penny” Donnell
March 20, 1955 (Age 56 years)
Death of a granddaughterRosella Vee “Penny” Donnell
March 7, 1973 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 of a husbandClarence Alonzo Donnell
January 18, 1983 (Age 84 years)
Death November 21, 1987 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
Family with Clarence Alonzo Donnell - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Dorothy Loraine Donnell
Birth: September 8, 1922 27 23Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 19, 1925Hockerville, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
son
Bill Alonzo Donnell
Birth: January 12, 1926 30 27Hockerville, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 25, 2010Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Harold Raymond Donnell
Birth: May 9, 1933 37 34Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 25, 1934Hockerville, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
17 months
son
Lonnie Donnell
Birth: October 8, 1934 39 35Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 7, 2012Jasper, Missouri, United States