The Shemwell Family

Tina Mae SpryAge: 91 years18851977

Name
Tina Mae Spry
Given names
Tina Mae
Surname
Spry
Married name
Tina Mae Clark
Birth August 10, 1885 60 33
Birth of a sisterFrances Ruth Spry
September 1891 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 Reuben ClarkView this family
December 2, 1903 (Age 18 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Henry Spry
September 3, 1912 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 44 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 54 years)
Death of a husbandJames Reuben Clark
January 25, 1944 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 64 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 60 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 6, 1977 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clarks Chapel Cemetery
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
herself
Tina Mae Spry
Birth: August 10, 1885 60 33Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: May 6, 1977Howard, Missouri, United States
6 years
younger sister
Family with James Reuben Clark - View this family
husband
James Reuben Clark
Birth: June 6, 1875 44 35Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: January 25, 1944Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States
herself
Tina Mae Spry
Birth: August 10, 1885 60 33Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: May 6, 1977Howard, Missouri, United States
Marriage: December 2, 1903Howard, Missouri, United States