The Shemwell Family

Ruby Ray DunbarAge: 87 years18931981

Name
Ruby Ray Dunbar
Given names
Ruby Ray
Surname
Dunbar
Married name
Ruby Ray Manning
Birth August 18, 1893 38 34
Birth of a brotherJohn McMillian Dunbar
June 17, 1896 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 brotherWilliam Rufus Dunbar
November 17, 1899 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRhoda P Frost
about 1899 (Age 5 years)

Death of a fatherHenry Green Dunbar
October 18, 1903 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterAmy Irene Dunbar
August 29, 1904 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 36 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 brotherWilliam Rufus Dunbar
December 5, 1934 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 sisterSusie Dunbar
March 18, 1949 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 motherSusan White Reynolds
June 18, 1957 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterRhoda Dunbar
August 10, 1963 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterEdna May Dunbar
October 2, 1970 (Age 77 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 sisterEmily Anstice Dunbar
February 1978 (Age 84 years)

Death of a brotherJohn McMillian Dunbar
January 9, 1981 (Age 87 years)
Death about 1981 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1879
16 months
elder brother
Henry G Dunbar
Birth: May 1, 1880 24 21Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1, 1880Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
1 year
elder sister
Amy Irene Dunbar
Birth: May 15, 1881 26 22Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 29, 1904Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
J H Dunbar
Birth: October 6, 1883 28 24Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1883Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
14 months
elder sister
Edna May Dunbar
Birth: December 6, 1884 29 25Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 2, 1970
18 months
elder sister
Rhoda Dunbar
Birth: May 24, 1886 31 27Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 10, 1963Sanford, Seminole, Florida, United States
2 years
elder sister
Susie Dunbar
Birth: October 10, 1888 33 29Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 18, 1949Ozone, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Emily Anstice Dunbar
Birth: December 9, 1890 35 31Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1978
3 years
herself
Ruby Ray Dunbar
Birth: August 18, 1893 38 34Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1981Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
John McMillian Dunbar
Birth: June 17, 1896 41 37Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 9, 1981Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Rufus Dunbar
Birth: November 17, 1899 44 40Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 5, 1934Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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