The Shemwell Family

Mary Eliza SkurlockAge: 98 years18831981

Name
Mary Eliza Skurlock
Given names
Mary Eliza
Surname
Skurlock
Married name
Mary Eliza Mason
Birth May 26, 1883 28 22
Birth of a sisterDaisy Skurlock
April 2, 1886 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherFrancis Marion Skurlock Jr.
October 1, 1889 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 maternal grandfatherJohn Monroe Beaty Walker
December 20, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Adaline Frost
January 2, 1911 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherFrancis Marion Skurlock Sr.
November 21, 1917 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 33 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 34 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 46 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 motherRhoda Emily Walker
November 29, 1942 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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
Death of a brotherFrancis Marion Skurlock Jr.
May 25, 1946 (Age 62 years)
Burial of a brotherFrancis Marion Skurlock Jr.
May 26, 1946 (Age 63 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Skurlock Cemetery
Death of a sisterBessie Skurlock
September 28, 1950 (Age 67 years)
Burial of a sisterBessie Skurlock
October 1, 1950 (Age 67 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 66 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 sisterDaisy Skurlock
August 25, 1975 (Age 92 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 May 28, 1981 (Age 98 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1880
20 months
elder sister
Bessie Skurlock
Birth: August 25, 1881 26 20White, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 28, 1950Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
21 months
herself
Mary Eliza Skurlock
Birth: May 26, 1883 28 22White, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 28, 1981Catoosa, Georgia, United States
3 years
younger sister
Daisy Skurlock
Birth: April 2, 1886 31 25White, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 25, 1975Catoosa, Georgia, United States
4 years
younger brother
Francis Marion Skurlock Jr.
Birth: October 1, 1889 35 28Doyle, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 25, 1946Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

Mary Eliza Skurlock has 41 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (41)

Parents James Owen Davis + Amelia Ann “Millie” Walker
1John William Davis18821955
4Marion L Davis18871906
5Kittie C Davis18911930
6Mary Davis18911900
7Ernest James Davis18921930
9Winter Carl Davis18971959
Parents Nathaniel D “Doc” Mullinix + Elouisa Jane “Eliza” Walker
4Eli White Mullinix18901966
Parents Elijah Frost “Lige” Walker + Emma May Dunbar
1John Jay Walker18861959
3Lee Young Walker18911952
4Gladys Ione Walker18931895
5Kenneth L Walker18951895
6Doris May Walker18961972
7Mary Edna Walker18991900
8Cecil Fay Walker19011973
9Maude Walker19041974
11Robin Elijah Walker19101977
Parents James Young Walker + Louvernia Lowery
2Mary Ellen Walker18871986
3Henry Clay Walker18891990
4Annie May Walker18921973
5James Clyde Walker18941972
6Charles Lee Walker18971963
7John Y Walker19021916
10Ruby Adeline Walker19101988
Parents Henry Clay James + Bettie Walker
3Charles Clay James19011964
4Bettie James19062003