The Shemwell Family

Thomas EdwardsAge: 86 years18721958

Name
Thomas Edwards
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Edwards
Birth 1872 24 24

Birth of a brotherWalter Edwards
May 2, 1875 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherCharles H Edwards
March 25, 1877 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a sisterMary E Edwards
December 8, 1878 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherHershel Edwards
January 8, 1881 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie Edwards
August 30, 1883 (Age 11 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherAndrew Jackson Edwards
September 28, 1885 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a brotherBarney Coy Edwards
May 27, 1887 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Pearl Edwards
August 25, 1898 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
#2
Ila Edwards
January 25, 1901 (Age 29 years)

Death of a daughterIla Edwards
August 30, 1903 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Eurie Edwards
January 25, 1904 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Flora Edwards
September 26, 1908 (Age 36 years)

Birth of a son
#5
William Estle Edwards
June 28, 1911 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a daughter
#6
Ible Edwards
August 29, 1913 (Age 41 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childSeymour WillisPearl EdwardsView this family
September 16, 1917 (Age 45 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 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 46 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/
Marriage of a childEurie EdwardsGoldie LearView this family
November 15, 1923 (Age 51 years)

Death of a fatherWilliam Harrison Edwards
July 7, 1926 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherMartha Jane Bivin
June 24, 1927 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherCharles H Edwards
September 27, 1928 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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
Marriage of a childWilliam Estle EdwardsOpal MooreView this family
September 8, 1931 (Age 59 years)

Marriage of a childOmen Claude SlaughterIble EdwardsView this family
December 24, 1934 (Age 62 years)

Marriage of a childDolphis SearsPearl EdwardsView this family
September 30, 1935 (Age 63 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 76 years)
Death of a brotherBarney Coy Edwards
July 8, 1951 (Age 79 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 78 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 brotherJohn Jackson Edwards
August 16, 1954 (Age 82 years)
Death of a wifeNannie Latham
January 17, 1956 (Age 84 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 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 1958 (Age 86 years)

Family with parents - View this family
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mother
Marriage: September 5, 1867Todd, Kentucky, United States
10 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
2 years
himself
3 years
younger brother
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younger brother
20 months
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
Family with Nannie Latham - View this family
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wife
daughter
2 years
daughter
3 years
son
5 years
daughter
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son
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Thomas Edwards has 13 first cousins recorded