The Shemwell Family

Florence Pricilla ReedAge: 83 years18741957

Name
Florence Pricilla Reed
Given names
Florence Pricilla
Surname
Reed
Married name
Florence Pricilla Henry
Birth 1874
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJerome Cornwall HenryView this family
March 25, 1891 (Age 17 years)
Associate: Thomas Benton Henry
Associate: Elizabeth Finley
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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/
Death of a husbandJerome Cornwall Henry
between 1920 and 1930 (Age 46 years)
Note: He is listed with his wife in the 1920 Census; but, in the 1930 Census his wife is listed as a "Widow".
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 76 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 72 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 April 2, 1957 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park
Family with Jerome Cornwall Henry - View this family
husband
Jerome Cornwall Henry
Adoption: 1870Oklahoma, United States
Birth: June 1860Alabama, United States
Death: between 1920 and 1930Oklahoma, United States
herself
Marriage: March 25, 1891Chetopa, Labette, Kansas, United States
Jerome Cornwall Henry + Elizabeth Jane “Lizzie” Holden - View this family
husband
Jerome Cornwall Henry
Adoption: 1870Oklahoma, United States
Birth: June 1860Alabama, United States
Death: between 1920 and 1930Oklahoma, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 9, 1899Carter, Oklahoma, United States

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