The Shemwell Family

Name
Harrison Leroy Clark
Given names
Harrison Leroy
Surname
Clark
Birth February 27, 1888 50 37
Death of a fatherDavid Clark
September 5, 1895 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Census June 28, 1900 (Age 12 years)
MarriageCora Grace RouchView this family
May 20, 1908 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ruth Elizabeth Clark
March 23, 1909 (Age 21 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Myrl David Clark
August 22, 1912 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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/
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 31 years)
Death March 23, 1927 (Age 39 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dover Cemetery
© Copyright Shemwellfamily.com - 2012 - 2025 All rights reserved.