The Shemwell Family

Gladys Pearl BurnettAge: 79 years18931972

Name
Gladys Pearl Burnett
Given names
Gladys Pearl
Surname
Burnett
Married name
Gladys Pearl Parham
Birth June 27, 1893
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Gladys Frances Parham
May 7, 1913 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 36 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 48 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 56 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 husbandFranklin Wilber “Wilker” Parham
April 16, 1963 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 1972 (Age 79 years)
Family with Franklin Wilber “Wilker” Parham - View this family
husband
Franklin Wilber “Wilker” Parham
Birth: October 28, 1887 40 38Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 16, 1963Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
herself
Gladys Pearl Burnett
Birth: June 27, 1893Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1972Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
daughter
Gladys Frances Parham
Birth: May 7, 1913 25 19Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 2, 1999Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States