The Shemwell Family

Mary Edna BairAge: 95 years18921988

Name
Mary Edna Bair
Given names
Mary Edna
Surname
Bair
Married name
Mary Edna Barnett
Birth May 30, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
MarriageJames Michael BarnettView this family
March 24, 1914 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 26, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 husbandJames Michael Barnett
April 27, 1952 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 53 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 May 18, 1988 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
Family with James Michael Barnett - View this family
husband
James Michael Barnett
Birth: April 9, 1882 40 37Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: April 27, 1952Kewanna, Union Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States
herself
Mary Edna Bair
Birth: May 30, 1892Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 18, 1988Indiana, United States
Marriage: March 24, 1914Fulton, Indiana, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Michael Barnett - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Barnett, JamesheadRMW37MYesYesININOHYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Barnett, Mary EwifeFW27MYesYesINININYesNone
Bair, Berthasister-in-lawRW13SYesYesYesINININYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Michael Barnett - Household

Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Barnett, James MheadR25MW47M31NoYesININOHYesLaborerFootwear FactoryWYes
Barnett, EdnawifeFW38M21NoYesINININYes