The Shemwell Family

Mary Della EmersonAge: 84 years18951980

Name
Mary Della Emerson
Given names
Mary Della
Surname
Emerson
Married name
Mary Della Glass
Birth May 16, 1895
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
MarriageCharles Clifford GlassView this family
September 21, 1912 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 3, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 husbandCharles Clifford Glass
March 4, 1936 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 54 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 50 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 February 1980 (Age 84 years)
Family with Charles Clifford Glass - View this family
husband
Charles Clifford Glass
Birth: October 1, 1892 19 18Hollow Rock, Carroll, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 4, 1936Henry, Tennessee, United States
herself
Mary Della Emerson
Birth: May 16, 1895Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1980McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: September 21, 1912Henry, Tennessee, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Thomas “Bud” Glass - Household

Willen Mill Road Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Glass, Wi T SrheadMW50MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Glass, EttawifeFW51MTNTNTN
Glass, C CsonMW26MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Glass, W T JrsonMW6STNTNTN
Glass, Delladuaghter in lawFW24MTNTNTN