The Shemwell Family

Death of a paternal grandfather

Carroll Estel Epps
March 22, 1889 (Age 7 months)

Birth of a brother

Lawrence Mack Epps
September 1, 1891 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brother

Claude Virgil Epps
December 7, 1891 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brother

Rufus Ray Epps
January 13, 1895 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event

Spanish-American War

between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)

Cuba

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 brother

Infant Epps
before 1900 (Age 11 years)

Note: The 1900 Census states that Mary Epps had born 6 children; but, only 4 of those children were still living in 1900. Assuming that both "Infant Epps" and "Acy Epps" died before the 1900 census.

Death of a brother

Acy Carroll Epps
before 1900 (Age 11 years)

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States

Note: He did not appear in the 1900 Census with his parents/family. he would have been just 14 yrs and wou…

Census

June 23, 1900 (Age 11 years)

Shared note: 1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Anderson Epps - Household

Birth of a brother

Walter Neal Epps
September 6, 1900 (Age 12 years)

Birth of a brother

John Miller Epps
November 21, 1907 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event

Polio Epidemic

1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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 41 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 mother

Mary Louise Miller
January 3, 1935 (Age 46 years)

Death of a father

Thomas Anderson Epps
November 2, 1942 (Age 54 years)

Historical Event

World War II

between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 brother

Claude Virgil Epps
April 29, 1953 (Age 64 years)

Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

Historical Event

Korean War

between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 years)

South Korea

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 brother

Rufus Ray Epps
July 26, 1962 (Age 73 years)

Historical Event

Vietnam War

between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 years)

Vietnam

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

December 21, 1967 (Age 79 years)