The Shemwell Family

Name
Nancy “Nannie” Morris
Given names
Nancy
Surname
Morris
Nickname
Nannie
Married name
Nancy Loftin
Birth July 1874
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageAlbert B LoftinView this family
calculated 1897 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Gean Kerney Loftin
December 16, 1897 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Guy Loftin
April 14, 1900 (Age 25 years)
Census June 25, 1900 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Albert Reese Loftin
May 22, 1902 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#4
William Wade Loftin
January 24, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Census May 5, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childGean Kerney LoftinFlora Lou Ada DanielView this family
August 6, 1918 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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 19, 1920 (Age 45 years)
Marriage of a childAlbert Reese LoftinElies Jeannette EverhartView this family
December 21, 1921 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 7, 1930 (Age 55 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 65 years)
Death of a husbandAlbert B Loftin
May 28, 1940 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Wade Loftin
April 24, 1945 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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
Death of a sonGean Kerney Loftin
1948 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sonRobert Guy Loftin
June 3, 1948 (Age 73 years)
Census April 14, 1950 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 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 71 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 March 23, 1957 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clear Springs Cemetery
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