The Shemwell Family

Birth of a sister

Clyde Loftin
September 10, 1897 (Age 3 years)

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)

Cuba

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

June 15, 1900 (Age 6 years)

Shared note: 1900 United States - Census transcript - Moses Lee Loftin - Household

Birth of a sister

Piccola Loftin
August 19, 1900 (Age 6 years)

Death of a mother

Sarah Louella Riley
January 1, 1901 (Age 6 years)

Census

May 9, 1910 (Age 16 years)

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - Moses Lee Loftin - Household

Death of a brother

Fred Loftin
October 12, 1915 (Age 21 years)

Marriage

Franklin Reed Steed — View this family
November 14, 1915 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1

Death of a paternal grandmother

Elizabeth Angelina Ward
August 3, 1918 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event

World War I

between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 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 23 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 grandfather

William Moses “Willy” Loftin
August 14, 1919 (Age 25 years)

Marriage of a parent

Moses Lee Loftin — Chapel Ellen Surratt — View this family
September 22, 1920 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a half-brother

Moselle William Loftin
July 22, 1921 (Age 27 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

Death of a husband

Franklin Reed Steed
August 18, 1945 (Age 51 years)

Historical Event

World War II

between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 years)

South Korea

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 father

Moses Lee Loftin
March 27, 1957 (Age 63 years)

Historical Event

Vietnam War

between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 years)

Vietnam

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

June 27, 1963 (Age 69 years)