The Shemwell Family

Russell Emmet MartinAge: 59 years18981957

Name
Russell Emmet Martin
Given names
Russell Emmet
Surname
Martin
Birth September 13, 1898
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
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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
MarriageZelma Fern TilburyView this family
June 26, 1946 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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
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 October 7, 1957 (Age 59 years)
Family with Zelma Fern Tilbury - View this family
himself
Russell Emmet Martin
Birth: September 13, 1898Indiana, United States
Death: October 7, 1957Alameda, California, United States
wife
Marriage: June 26, 1946Ashley, Arkansas, United States
Fred Camden + Zelma Fern Tilbury - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: February 22, 1919Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Divorce: November 10, 1939Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
20 months
step-daughter
Helen Louise Camden
Birth: October 22, 1920 30 21Lonoke, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 11, 1995Liberty, Texas, United States
4 years
step-son
Fred Camden Jr
Birth: January 8, 1925 34 25Missouri, United States
Death: June 18, 1989Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
4 years
step-daughter
22 months
step-daughter
Marilyn Camden
Birth: October 24, 1930 40 31Ashley, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 5, 2012Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States