The Shemwell Family

Paul Shelton FrostAge: 35 years19091945

Name
Paul Shelton Frost
Given names
Paul Shelton
Surname
Frost
Birth September 18, 1909 33 28
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 fatherCharles W Frost
April 28, 1917 (Age 7 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Rebecca “Molly” Peach
about 1918 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 8 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 20 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
Marriage of a parentJoseph Alloway StrangeViola “Frosty” SheltonView this family
January 1, 1937 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 September 11, 1945 (Age 35 years)
Burial September 13, 1945 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Melissa Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
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
himself
Paul Shelton Frost
Birth: September 18, 1909 33 28Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: September 11, 1945Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Dovie C Morris - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1902Grayson, Texas, United States
Mother’s family with Joseph Alloway Strange - View this family
step-father
Joseph Alloway Strange
Birth: November 7, 1874Adair, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 8, 1954Princeton, Collin, Texas, United States
mother
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