The Shemwell Family

Effie Vernon BarrowAge: 82 years18831965

Name
Effie Vernon Barrow
Given names
Effie Vernon
Surname
Barrow
Married name
Effie Vernon Brewer
Married name
Effie Vernon Stack
Birth July 29, 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
MarriageLawrence Ervin StackView this family
March 27, 1901 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sylvia Elois Stack
July 9, 1903 (Age 19 years)
MarriageCharles Daniel BrewerView this family
March 30, 1912 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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/
Marriage of a childRalph Chester BarrowsSylvia Elois StackView this family
July 19, 1925 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 husbandLawrence Ervin Stack
March 18, 1945 (Age 61 years)
Burial of a husbandLawrence Ervin Stack
March 20, 1945 (Age 61 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 66 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 husbandCharles Daniel Brewer
September 10, 1963 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 November 18, 1965 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McCuiston Cemetery
Family with Lawrence Ervin Stack - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: March 27, 1901Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Sylvia Elois Stack
Birth: July 9, 1903 23 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 15, 1984Henry, Tennessee, United States
Family with Charles Daniel Brewer - View this family
husband
Charles Daniel Brewer
Birth: June 7, 1893Tennessee, United States
Death: September 10, 1963Calloway, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: March 30, 1912Henry, Tennessee, United States
Lawrence Ervin Stack + Mary Alice Bruce - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Mary Alice Bruce
Birth: March 7, 1888Bon Aqua, Hickman, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 19, 1955Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: May 9, 1909Hickman, Tennessee, United States
10 months
step-son
Marshall Reece Stack
Birth: February 23, 1910 30 21Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 5, 1964Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
step-son
Malcolm Patterson Stack
Birth: February 12, 1912 32 23Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1977Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States