The Shemwell Family

Sidney Albert MilamAge: 49 years18981947

Name
Sidney Albert Milam
Given names
Sidney Albert
Surname
Milam
Birth March 4, 1898 17
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 days)
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
Marriage of a parentWilliam Matthew “Willie” FrostJennetta Melissa “Nettie” JohnsonView this family
December 9, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 31 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 parentJames Wylie ByrumJennetta Melissa “Nettie” JohnsonView this family
before 1940 (Age 41 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 November 14, 1947 (Age 49 years)
Burial November 17, 1947 (3 days after death)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 2, 1897Grayson, Denison, Texas, United States
10 months
himself
Sidney Albert Milam
Birth: March 4, 1898 17Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: November 14, 1947Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Mother’s family with William Matthew “Willie” Frost - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: December 9, 1900Grayson, Texas, United States
Mother’s family with James Wylie Byrum - View this family
step-father
James Wylie Byrum
Birth: February 17, 1889Polk, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 13, 1960Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
mother
Marriage: before 1940