The Shemwell Family

Name
Ruby Delray Ragan
Given names
Ruby Delray
Surname
Ragan
Married name
Ruby Delray Arnold
Birth March 23, 1917 54
MarriageCarl ArnoldView this family
unknown

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 9 months)

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/
Birth of a brotherJames Butler Ragan
June 8, 1919 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterLillian Ragan
March 15, 1920 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Adeline Greene
April 25, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJulian Flinoy Ragan
July 21, 1924 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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
Death of a brotherDavid D Ragan
August 27, 1932 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 fatherWade Hampton Ragan
September 30, 1946 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 brotherCharles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan
February 6, 1959 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sisterMary Bess “Bess” Ragan
October 1, 1965 (Age 48 years)
Death of a half-brotherGeorge Henry Ragan
1967 (Age 49 years)

Death of a half-brotherStewart Ronda Ragan
June 10, 1969 (Age 52 years)
Death of a husbandCarl Arnold
1974 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 of a brotherJulian Flinoy Ragan
March 1, 1977 (Age 59 years)
Death of a sisterAda Elizabeth Ragan
September 4, 1983 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherVernon Shelton Ragan
October 3, 1984 (Age 67 years)

Death of a brotherJonathan Howard Ragan
October 6, 1990 (Age 73 years)
Death of a brotherJames Butler Ragan
January 23, 1994 (Age 76 years)
Death April 14, 2023 (Age 106 years)
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