The Shemwell Family

Nora Mabel GalbreathAge: 66 years18811948

Name
Nora Mabel Galbreath
Given names
Nora Mabel
Surname
Galbreath
Married name
Nora Mabel Harris
Birth October 21, 1881

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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 son
#1
Ralph W Harris
March 1899 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Florine Emice Harris
1903 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Tollie Laton Harris
August 2, 1905 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Ina Harris
1914 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 60 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 64 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 February 22, 1948 (Age 66 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
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husband
herself
son
Ralph W Harris
Birth: March 1899 20 17Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
5 years
daughter
3 years
son
Tollie Laton Harris
Birth: August 2, 1905 26 23Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 26, 1952Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
9 years
daughter
son
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