The Shemwell Family

Frances Ruth Spry1891

Name
Frances Ruth Spry
Given names
Frances Ruth
Surname
Spry
Married name
Frances Ruth Clark
Birth September 1891 66 39
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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
MarriageWilliard Rothchild ClarkView this family
January 14, 1908 (Age 16 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Henry Spry
September 3, 1912 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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 38 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 motherVirginia Emeline “Jane” Dunnfield
February 27, 1940 (Age 48 years)
Death of a husbandWilliard Rothchild Clark
January 20, 1943 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 58 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 54 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 of a sisterTina Mae Spry
May 6, 1977 (Age 85 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
John Henry Spry
Birth: January 25, 1825Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 3, 1912Boons Lick, Howard, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: December 23, 1869Howard, Missouri, United States
16 years
elder sister
Tina Mae Spry
Birth: August 10, 1885 60 33Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: May 6, 1977Howard, Missouri, United States
6 years
herself
Family with Williard Rothchild Clark - View this family
husband
Williard Rothchild Clark
Birth: 1873 42 32Missouri, United States
Death: January 20, 1943Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States
herself
Marriage: January 14, 1908Howard, Missouri, United States
Williard Rothchild Clark + Emma E Davis - View this family
husband
Williard Rothchild Clark
Birth: 1873 42 32Missouri, United States
Death: January 20, 1943Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States
husband’s wife
Emma E Davis
Birth: 1870Harrison, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Death: May 19, 1907Walla Walla, Washington, United States
Marriage: about 1896Missouri, United States