The Shemwell Family

Herbert Emery EdwardsAge: 25 years18931919

Name
Herbert Emery Edwards
Given names
Herbert Emery
Surname
Edwards
Birth December 29, 1893 26 23

Death of a paternal grandmotherGabriella A Lee
July 15, 1894 (Age 6 months)

Birth of a sisterNora Edwards
September 27, 1897 (Age 3 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 sisterJennie Edwards
September 7, 1902 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a brotherLeo Edwards
April 11, 1911 (Age 17 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 June 3, 1919 (Age 25 years)
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father
mother
Nannie A Heltsley
Birth: September 9, 1870Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 7, 1960Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 29, 1892Todd, Kentucky, United States
1 year
himself
Herbert Emery Edwards
Birth: December 29, 1893 26 23
Death: June 3, 1919Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger sister
Nora Edwards
Birth: September 27, 1897 30 27
Death: August 21, 1967Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger sister
9 years
younger brother
Leo Edwards
Birth: April 11, 1911 43 40
Death: September 2, 1985Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Herbert Emery Edwards has 9 first cousins recorded