The Shemwell Family

Joseph Andrew LooperAge: 55 years18761931

Name
Joseph Andrew Looper
Given names
Joseph Andrew
Surname
Looper
Birth July 1876 44 22
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherMahala Jane Frost
January 29, 1882 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 fatherJoseph Looper Jr.
June 9, 1907 (Age 30 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph Frost
April 6, 1908 (Age 31 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherDeborah Acord
December 20, 1912 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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 53 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 November 3, 1931 (Age 55 years)
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father
Joseph Looper Jr.
Birth: May 5, 1832Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 9, 1907Los Banos, Merced, California, United States
mother
Mahala Jane Frost
Birth: March 12, 1854 25 21Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: January 29, 1882Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States
Marriage: September 19, 1872Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States
23 months
elder brother
Alvan L Looper
Birth: August 21, 1874 42 20San Joaquin, California, United States
Death: August 25, 1874San Joaquin, California, United States
23 months
himself
Joseph Andrew Looper
Birth: July 1876 44 22California, United States
Death: November 3, 1931Merced, California, United States