The Shemwell Family

Virda Lee BrewerAge: 79 years18781958

Name
Virda Lee Brewer
Given names
Virda Lee
Surname
Brewer
Also known as
Bertha Lee Brewer
Also known as
Laverty Lee Brewer
Birth October 17, 1878 47 20
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a sisterEmma May Brewer
September 1884 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherOsburn P Hood
September 21, 1895 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Death of a fatherWesley M Brewer
January 22, 1914 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherRhilda Hood
October 3, 1915 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 50 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 sisterEmma May Brewer
1932 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 71 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 67 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 3, 1958 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lanty Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Rhilda Hood
Birth: August 25, 1858 40 37Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 3, 1915McLaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: July 25, 1878Conway, Arkansas, United States
3 months
herself
Virda Lee Brewer
Birth: October 17, 1878 47 20Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 3, 1958Conway, Arkansas, United States
6 years
younger sister
Emma May Brewer
Birth: September 1884 53 26Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1932Arkansas, United States
Father’s family with Eleanor Jane Johnson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: February 18, 1862Conway, Arkansas, United States
3 years
half-brother
Mother’s family with Morgan - View this family
step-father
mother
Rhilda Hood
Birth: August 25, 1858 40 37Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 3, 1915McLaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: before 1878Arkansas, United States

Virda Lee Brewer has 31 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Wesley M Brewer - Household

ED 40 Union, Conway, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Brewer, WesleyWM49headMFarmerTN
Brewer, RillaWF21wifeMKeeping HousexARTN
Brewer, William AWM15sonSWorks on FarmxARTNMO
Brewer, Virda LWF2daughterSARTNAR
Hood, SusanWF7nieceSxARARTN