The Shemwell Family

Joe Cephas BilbreyAge: 62 years18851947

Name
Joe Cephas Bilbrey
Given names
Joe Cephas
Surname
Bilbrey
Birth January 16, 1885 26 23
Birth of a brotherMarion Francis Bilbrey
January 19, 1887 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherSamuel Newton Bilbrey
January 22, 1889 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLouisa Eliza Wynn
about 1889 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherMissouri Frances Stewart
about 1892 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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 fatherWilliam Ambrose Bilbrey
about 1899 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 44 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 half-brotherLawrence Ervin Stack
March 18, 1945 (Age 60 years)
Burial of a half-brotherLawrence Ervin Stack
March 20, 1945 (Age 60 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 August 6, 1947 (Age 62 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 29, 1884Stewart, Tennessee, United States
1 year
himself
Joe Cephas Bilbrey
Birth: January 16, 1885 26 23Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 1947Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Marion Francis Bilbrey
Birth: January 19, 1887 28 25Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 29, 1957Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Samuel Newton Bilbrey
Birth: January 22, 1889 30 27Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 7, 1953Boothspoint, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with Leonard Lynch Stack - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1878
20 months
half-brother
18 months
half-brother

Joe Cephas Bilbrey has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)