The Shemwell Family

Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” IngramAge: 70 years18901961

Name
Mary Elizabeth “Bessie” Ingram
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
Ingram
Nickname
Bessie
Married name
Mary Elizabeth Frost
Birth September 25, 1890
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
MarriageEarly Snow FrostView this family
June 10, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Marion Elizabeth Frost
April 9, 1911 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorothy Alene Frost
March 14, 1913 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Delsie Madonna Frost
December 6, 1915 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#4
Edith Madeline Frost
December 9, 1917 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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 of a husbandEarly Snow Frost
April 20, 1927 (Age 36 years)
Burial of a husbandEarly Snow Frost
April 29, 1927 (Age 36 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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 June 18, 1961 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Family with Early Snow Frost - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 10, 1910Grayson, Texas, United States
10 months
daughter
Marion Elizabeth Frost
Birth: April 9, 1911 40 20Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: November 22, 1984Bells, Grayson, Texas, United States
23 months
daughter
Dorothy Alene Frost
Birth: March 14, 1913 42 22Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: December 16, 2005Marrero, Jefferson, Louisiana, United States
3 years
daughter
Delsie Madonna Frost
Birth: December 6, 1915 45 25Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: September 6, 1971Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
2 years
daughter
Edith Madeline Frost
Birth: December 9, 1917 47 27Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: January 9, 1994Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States

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