The Shemwell Family

Alice Olivia ClardyAge: 81 years18721954

Name
Alice Olivia Clardy
Given names
Alice Olivia
Surname
Clardy
Married name
Alice Olivia Edwards
Birth December 9, 1872 22 22
Birth of a brotherQuint Clardy
August 1, 1874 (Age 19 months)
Death of a brotherQuint Clardy
February 22, 1877 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherAllen “Snook” Clardy
November 9, 1879 (Age 6 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterOra Lee Clardy
October 12, 1881 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJoseph Daniel “Joe” Clardy
January 22, 1886 (Age 13 years)
MarriageNicholas Meriwether EdwardsView this family
November 18, 1891 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEmily Ellen Shemwell
July 30, 1893 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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/
Death of a motherAnn Marie Cayce
September 21, 1927 (Age 54 years)
Cause: cancer of liver
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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 fatherJames Harrison “Henry” Clardy
February 29, 1932 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 husbandNicholas Meriwether Edwards
October 2, 1946 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 77 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 73 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 6, 1954 (Age 81 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 13, 1871Christian, Kentucky, United States
1 year
herself
Alice Olivia Clardy
Birth: December 9, 1872 22 22Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1954Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
20 months
younger brother
Quint Clardy
Birth: August 1, 1874 24 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 22, 1877Stewart, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger brother
Allen “Snook” Clardy
Birth: November 9, 1879 29 29Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 31, 1956Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
23 months
younger sister
Ora Lee Clardy
Birth: October 12, 1881 31 31Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 10, 1963Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Family with Nicholas Meriwether Edwards - View this family
husband
Nicholas Meriwether Edwards
Birth: February 28, 1868Tennessee, United States
Death: October 2, 1946Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
herself
Alice Olivia Clardy
Birth: December 9, 1872 22 22Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1954Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: November 18, 1891Stewart, Tennessee, United States

Alice Olivia Clardy has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Harrison “Henry” Clardy - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Clardy, James WM30headMfarmingTNTNTN
Clardy, AnnaWF30wifeMILVAKY
Clardy, Alice WF7daughterSTNTNIL
Clardy, AllenWM7 monthsNovsonSTNTNIL