The Shemwell Family

Zada EdwardsAge: 25 years19031928

Name
Zada Edwards
Given names
Zada
Surname
Edwards
Birth November 4, 1903 22 22
Birth of a brotherCecil Walter Edwards
March 6, 1906 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterCora Beatrice Edwards
May 8, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Linden Edwards
September 17, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherVirgil A Edwards
June 25, 1913 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherNobel Edwards
November 20, 1915 (Age 12 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Chappell
May 3, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Marriage of a parentHershel EdwardsEtta McPhersonView this family
October 9, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 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 14 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 22 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Jane Bivin
June 24, 1927 (Age 23 years)
Death December 24, 1928 (Age 25 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
herself
Zada Edwards
Birth: November 4, 1903 22 22Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 1928Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Cecil Walter Edwards
Birth: March 6, 1906 25 24Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 4, 1978Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger sister
Cora Beatrice Edwards
Birth: May 8, 1908 27 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 8, 1993Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Thomas Linden Edwards
Birth: September 17, 1910 29 29Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 12, 1992Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
3 years
younger brother
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