The Shemwell Family

Viola “Frosty” SheltonAge: 87 years18811968

Name
Viola “Frosty” Shelton
Given names
Viola
Surname
Shelton
Nickname
Frosty
Married name
Viola Frost
Married name
Viola Strange
Birth April 11, 1881
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
MarriageCharles W FrostView this family
December 27, 1903 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Paul Shelton Frost
September 18, 1909 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 husbandCharles W Frost
April 28, 1917 (Age 36 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 35 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 36 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 48 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
MarriageJoseph Alloway StrangeView this family
January 1, 1937 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 sonPaul Shelton Frost
September 11, 1945 (Age 64 years)
Burial of a sonPaul Shelton Frost
September 13, 1945 (Age 64 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Melissa Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 68 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 husbandJoseph Alloway Strange
February 8, 1954 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 October 24, 1968 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Melissa Cemetery
Family with Charles W Frost - View this family
husband
herself
Viola “Frosty” Shelton
Birth: April 11, 1881Melissa, Collin, Texas, United States
Death: October 24, 1968Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
Marriage: December 27, 1903Grayson, Texas, United States
6 years
son
Paul Shelton Frost
Birth: September 18, 1909 33 28Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: September 11, 1945Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
Family with Joseph Alloway Strange - View this family
husband
Joseph Alloway Strange
Birth: November 7, 1874Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 8, 1954Princeton, Collin, Texas, United States
herself
Viola “Frosty” Shelton
Birth: April 11, 1881Melissa, Collin, Texas, United States
Death: October 24, 1968Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
Marriage: January 1, 1937Collin, Texas, United States
Charles W Frost + Dovie C Morris - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1902Grayson, Texas, United States