The Shemwell Family

Mary Agnes LoftinAge: 80 years18931974

Name
Mary Agnes Loftin
Given names
Mary Agnes
Surname
Loftin
Married name
Mary Agnes Beane
Birth November 25, 1893 25 18
Birth of a sisterJulia Alma Loftin
April 18, 1898 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Census July 15, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Lanier
before 1903 (Age 9 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilborn Loftin
August 14, 1919 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 10, 1940 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherCicero Harris Loftin
November 22, 1941 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherClara Bean
1942 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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
Death of a husbandEarnest Lindon Beane
December 17, 1969 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 October 2, 1974 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New London Cemetery
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father
Cicero Harris Loftin
Birth: October 1868 42 42Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 22, 1941Guilford, North Carolina, United States
mother
Marriage: October 23, 1892Davidson, North Carolina, United States
13 months
herself
Mary Agnes Loftin
Birth: November 25, 1893 25 18North Carolina, United States
Death: October 2, 1974Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Julia Alma Loftin
Birth: April 18, 1898 29 22Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 17, 1979High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Family with Earnest Lindon Beane - View this family
husband
Earnest Lindon Beane
Birth: June 29, 1894Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 17, 1969Pinehurst, Moore, North Carolina, United States
herself
Mary Agnes Loftin
Birth: November 25, 1893 25 18North Carolina, United States
Death: October 2, 1974Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
son
Private

Mary Agnes Loftin has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Cicero Harris Loftin - Household

Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Loftin, HarrisonheadWMOct186930M8NCNCNCFarm Laborer
Loftin, ClarywifeWFSep187524M832NCNCNC
Loftin, AgnesdaughterWFNov18936SNCNCNC
Loftin, JuliadaughterWFMar18982SNCNCNC

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Cicero Harris Loftin - Household

Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Loftin, Cicero HheadMW41M118NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Loftin, Clara NwifeFW34M11832NCNCNC
Loftin, Mary AdaughterFW17SNCNCNC
Loftin, Julia AdaughterFW14SNCNCNC