The Shemwell Family

Leannah Estella JeffriesAge: 87 years18791967

Name
Leannah Estella Jeffries
Given names
Leannah Estella
Surname
Jeffries
Married name
Leannah Estella Underwood
Birth August 13, 1879
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
MarriageSamuel L UnderwoodView this family
February 22, 1899 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Leona Underwood
July 30, 1903 (Age 23 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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 granddaughter
#1
Leona Jean Lambert
March 12, 1923 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Holland Lambert JrLeona UnderwoodView this family
April 9, 1923 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Charles Donald Lambert
April 11, 1928 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 62 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 husbandSamuel L Underwood
May 5, 1949 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 70 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 grandsonCharles Donald Lambert
April 9, 1966 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 66 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 April 3, 1967 (Age 87 years)
Family with Samuel L Underwood - View this family
husband
Samuel L Underwood
Birth: January 22, 1878Indiana, United States
Death: May 5, 1949Jefferson, Indiana, United States
herself
Leannah Estella Jeffries
Birth: August 13, 1879Jefferson, Indiana, United States
Death: April 3, 1967Jefferson, Indiana, United States
Marriage: February 22, 1899Jefferson, Indiana, United States
4 years
daughter

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel L Underwood - Household

Pattonsburg, Marshall, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Underwood, Calvin LheadMW32M111INININEnglishHired HandFarmingWNo0YesYesRH
Underwood, EstellawifeFW30M11122INININEnglishYesYes
Underwood, EvadaughterFW8SINININEnglishYesYesYes
Underwood, LeonadaughterFW6SINININEnglishYesYesYes