The Shemwell Family

Ethel Lura UnderwoodAge: 84 years18911976

Name
Ethel Lura Underwood
Given names
Ethel Lura
Surname
Underwood
Married name
Ethel Lura Jones
Birth March 6, 1891 39 28
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Cook
April 30, 1894 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Death of a brotherJames Lorenzo Underwood
August 1902 (Age 11 years)

Death of a half-sisterLaura Alice K Underwood
about 1905 (Age 13 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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 brotherHenry Thomas “Tom” Underwood
June 22, 1920 (Age 29 years)
MarriageCharles Evans JonesView this family
September 7, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherJames Henry Thompson Underwood
July 12, 1925 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherMartha Ellen West
February 12, 1927 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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
Death of a husbandCharles Evans Jones
December 4, 1935 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 58 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 brotherWilliam Franklin Underwood
February 23, 1973 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 24, 1976 (Age 84 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 22, 1879Christian, Kentucky, United States
1 year
elder brother
Henry Thomas “Tom” Underwood
Birth: June 26, 1880 28 18Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 22, 1920Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mollie Ella Underwood
Birth: July 11, 1882 30 20Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 31, 1888Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
James Lorenzo Underwood
Birth: July 10, 1887 35 25Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 1902
4 years
herself
Ethel Lura Underwood
Birth: March 6, 1891 39 28Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 24, 1976Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Alice Knight - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1873
2 years
half-sister
Family with Charles Evans Jones - View this family
husband
Charles Evans Jones
Birth: September 19, 1887Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1935Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Ethel Lura Underwood
Birth: March 6, 1891 39 28Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 24, 1976Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: September 7, 1920Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Ethel Lura Underwood has 13 first cousins recorded