The Shemwell Family

Ann Epps1894

Name
Ann Epps
Given names
Ann
Surname
Epps
Married name
Ann Graham
Also known as
Anna Epps
Birth September 1894 21 15
Marriage of parentsWallace Josiah “Joe” EppsEmma Jane PearsonView this family
about 1894
Note: Marriage info based on birth of first child
Birth of a sisterKatherine “Kitty” Epps
February 21, 1897 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 paternal grandfatherObadiah R Epps
January 31, 1899 (Age 4 years)
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterIda Epps
February 24, 1903 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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 35 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
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sisterKatherine “Kitty” Epps
September 9, 1940 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 motherEmma Jane Pearson
August 17, 1956 (Age 61 years)
Death of a fatherWallace Josiah “Joe” Epps
December 30, 1956 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 of a sisterIda Epps
March 13, 2001 (Age 106 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
Wallace Josiah “Joe” Epps
Birth: September 1, 1873 33 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: December 30, 1956Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1894Oklahoma, United States
9 months
herself
3 years
younger sister
Katherine “Kitty” Epps
Birth: February 21, 1897 23 17Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 9, 1940St. Louis, Missouri, United States
6 years
younger sister
Ida Epps
Birth: February 24, 1903 29 23Texas, United States
Death: March 13, 2001Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
Family with Benjamin H Graham - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Private

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Wallace Josiah “Joe” Epps - Household

ED 106 Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Epps, WallaceheadWMSep187227M7MOMOMOTeamster0YesYesYesRH
Epps, EmmawifeWFMar187921M722TXMOTXYesYesYes
Epps, AnniedaughterWFSep18945SIndian TerritoryMOTX
Epps, KittiedaughterWFFeb18964SIndian TerritoryMOTX