The Shemwell Family

Barney Coy EdwardsAge: 64 years18871951

Name
Barney Coy Edwards
Given names
Barney Coy
Surname
Edwards
Birth May 27, 1887 39 40

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Birth of a son
#1
Lawernce Edwards
June 29, 1910 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2
Hazel Edwards
May 11, 1912 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Arnet T Edwards
July 2, 1915 (Age 28 years)

Death of a sonArnet T Edwards
June 19, 1916 (Age 29 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a daughterHazel Edwards
August 4, 1918 (Age 31 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 29 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 30 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 sonLawernce Edwards
March 12, 1919 (Age 31 years)

Death of a fatherWilliam Harrison Edwards
July 7, 1926 (Age 39 years)
Death of a motherMartha Jane Bivin
June 24, 1927 (Age 40 years)
Death of a brotherCharles H Edwards
September 27, 1928 (Age 41 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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 54 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 sisterNettie Edwards
July 4, 1948 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 58 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 July 8, 1951 (Age 64 years)

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Marriage: September 5, 1867Todd, Kentucky, United States
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2 years
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elder brother
23 months
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elder sister
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elder brother
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elder sister
4 years
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Barney Coy Edwards has 13 first cousins recorded