The Shemwell Family

Charles Alonzo ThornAge: 42 years18771920

Name
Charles Alonzo Thorn
Given names
Charles Alonzo
Surname
Thorn
Birth August 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageSarah Belle PulliamView this family
about 1897 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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 38 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 39 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 40 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 February 24, 1920 (Age 42 years)
Family with Sarah Belle Pulliam - View this family
himself
Charles Alonzo Thorn
Birth: August 1877Arkansas, United States
Death: February 24, 1920Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
wife
Sarah Belle Pulliam
Birth: February 21, 1876 28 22Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: August 24, 1962Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: about 1897