The Shemwell Family

William Rufus DunbarAge: 35 years18991934

Name
William Rufus Dunbar
Given names
William Rufus
Surname
Dunbar
Birth November 17, 1899 44 40
Death of a maternal grandmotherRhoda P Frost
about 1899

Death of a fatherHenry Green Dunbar
October 18, 1903 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterAmy Irene Dunbar
August 29, 1904 (Age 4 years)
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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 December 5, 1934 (Age 35 years)
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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
elder sister
Ruby Ray Dunbar
Birth: August 18, 1893 38 34Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1981Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder 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
himself
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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