The Shemwell Family

Name
Alma Daugherty
Given names
Alma
Surname
Daugherty
Birth March 1898 23 20
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 days)
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 sisterGladis Daugherty
September 1899 (Age 18 months)
Census June 19, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherIra David Daugherty
February 26, 1902 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterGladis Daugherty
before 1910 (Age 11 years)
Note: Did not appear in 1910 Census. If she was still living, she would have been 11 years old
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret Daugherty
December 13, 1911 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJack C Daugherty
December 17, 1913 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 31 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 paternal grandfatherJames Monroe Daugherty
January 6, 1932 (Age 33 years)
Associate: George Washington Daugherty
Associate: Francis “Fanny” McGehee
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 51 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 fatherJames Columbus Daugherty
September 19, 1960 (Age 62 years)
Death of a motherPearl Trammell
February 1, 1964 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Raymond Daugherty
March 21, 1974 (Age 76 years)
Death of a brotherIra David Daugherty
November 24, 1975 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 1, 1984 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Resthaven Memorial Park
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