The Shemwell Family

Virgil A EdwardsAge: 55 years19131968

Name
Virgil A Edwards
Given names
Virgil A
Surname
Edwards
Birth June 25, 1913 32 32
Birth of a brotherNobel Edwards
November 20, 1915 (Age 2 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Chappell
May 3, 1916 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentHershel EdwardsEtta McPhersonView this family
October 9, 1916 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 brotherNobel Edwards
September 8, 1917 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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 paternal grandfatherWilliam Harrison Edwards
July 7, 1926 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Jane Bivin
June 24, 1927 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterZada Edwards
December 24, 1928 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 28 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 fatherHershel Edwards
March 20, 1962 (Age 48 years)
Death of a brotherOwen Edwards
September 26, 1962 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 August 17, 1968 (Age 55 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 16, 1900Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
10 months
elder brother
Owen Edwards
Birth: October 28, 1901 20 20Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 26, 1962Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
2 years
elder sister
Zada Edwards
Birth: November 4, 1903 22 22Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 1928Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Cecil Walter Edwards
Birth: March 6, 1906 25 24Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 4, 1978Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States
2 years
elder sister
Cora Beatrice Edwards
Birth: May 8, 1908 27 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 8, 1993Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Thomas Linden Edwards
Birth: September 17, 1910 29 29Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 12, 1992Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
3 years
himself
Virgil A Edwards
Birth: June 25, 1913 32 32Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 17, 1968Massillon, Stark, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger brother
Nobel Edwards
Birth: November 20, 1915 34 34Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 8, 1917Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Etta McPherson - View this family
father
step-mother
Etta McPherson
Birth: Penrod, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1953Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: October 9, 1916Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States