The Shemwell Family

Nettie EdwardsAge: 64 years18831948

Name
Nettie Edwards
Given names
Nettie
Surname
Edwards
Married name
Nettie Latham
Birth August 30, 1883 35 36

Death of a paternal grandfatherAndrew Jackson Edwards
September 28, 1885 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a brotherBarney Coy Edwards
May 27, 1887 (Age 3 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 daughter
#1
Vera Latham
July 25, 1906 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ernest Latham
January 31, 1909 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Iva Latham
January 31, 1909 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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/
Birth of a son
#4
Ocus Latham
May 11, 1924 (Age 40 years)

Death of a fatherWilliam Harrison Edwards
July 7, 1926 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherMartha Jane Bivin
June 24, 1927 (Age 43 years)
Death of a brotherCharles H Edwards
September 27, 1928 (Age 45 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 58 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 4, 1948 (Age 64 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 5, 1867Todd, Kentucky, United States
10 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
23 months
elder brother
20 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
4 years
younger brother
Family with Robert Latham - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Vera Latham
Birth: July 25, 1906 23 22Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
3 years
son
Ernest Latham
Birth: January 31, 1909 26 25Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 20, 1993Todd, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Iva Latham
Birth: January 31, 1909 26 25Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1987Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
son
Ocus Latham
Birth: May 11, 1924 41 40
Death: July 13, 1985Evansville, Gibson, Indiana, United States