The Shemwell Family

Name
Freda Venie Bean
Given names
Freda Venie
Surname
Bean
Married name
Freda Venie Loftin
Birth September 22, 1888
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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
MarriageZebulon Vance LoftinView this family
January 17, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Infant Loftin
July 25, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sonInfant Loftin
July 25, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lula Loftin
July 7, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Howard Kernie Loftin
September 30, 1912 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#4
William Lee Loftin
April 9, 1913 (Age 24 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Lee Loftin
January 12, 1914 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Jewel Loftin
July 9, 1916 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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 21, 1920 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Mable Marie Loftin
January 26, 1920 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 2, 1930 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childJames Gray Davis Sr.Lula LoftinView this family
June 29, 1933 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childHoward Kernie LoftinCleta Elizabeth LoflinView this family
December 21, 1933 (Age 45 years)
Marriage of a childQuinnie Spergon SpellJewel LoftinView this family
July 31, 1937 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Walter CookMable Marie LoftinView this family
estimated 1939 (Age 50 years)

Death of a husbandZebulon Vance Loftin
January 24, 1944 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 61 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 57 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 December 21, 1977 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clear Springs Cemetery
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