The Shemwell Family

Leota ShepherdAge: 85 years18821968

Name
Leota Shepherd
Given names
Leota
Surname
Shepherd
Married name
Leota Frost
Birth November 18, 1882
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageClaud Inman FrostView this family
November 15, 1904 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hazel T Frost
about 1907 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Maud Frost
about 1908 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Lucile Frost
June 17, 1909 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Thomas Simpson Frost II
May 30, 1911 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Mary Virginia “Gena” Frost
March 23, 1916 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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 46 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 59 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 67 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 husbandClaud Inman Frost
December 4, 1960 (Age 78 years)
Burial of a husbandClaud Inman Frost
December 5, 1960 (Age 78 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Park Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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 August 4, 1968 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Park Cemetery
Family with Claud Inman Frost - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 15, 1904Spokane, Washington, United States
3 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
18 months
daughter
Lucile Frost
Birth: June 17, 1909 26 26Quay, New Mexico, United States
Death: February 17, 1995
23 months
son
Thomas Simpson Frost II
Birth: May 30, 1911 28 28Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 20, 1968Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
5 years
daughter
Mary Virginia “Gena” Frost
Birth: March 23, 1916 32 33Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 18, 2001Lenexa, Johnson, Kansas, United States

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