The Shemwell Family

Mary DesCygnes “Made” MooreAge: 50 years18771928

Name
Mary DesCygnes “Made” Moore
Given names
Mary DesCygnes
Surname
Moore
Nickname
Made
Married name
Mary DesCygnes Frost
Birth September 21, 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageLuther J FrostView this family
October 6, 1895 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Cole Sevier Frost Sr.
December 14, 1895 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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
Birth of a daughter
#2
Theodora Frost
July 26, 1899 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 February 15, 1928 (Age 50 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Family with Luther J Frost - View this family
husband
Luther J Frost
Birth: December 13, 1872 47 19Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 16, 1940Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
herself
Mary DesCygnes “Made” Moore
Birth: September 21, 1877Illinois, United States
Death: February 15, 1928Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1895Carter, Oklahoma, United States
2 months
son
Cole Sevier Frost Sr.
Birth: December 14, 1895 23 18Ada, Indian Territory, United States
Death: September 2, 1955Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
Theodora Frost
Birth: July 26, 1899 26 21Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 28, 1984Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

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