The Shemwell Family

Minnie Lee UnderwoodAge: 79 years18871967

Name
Minnie Lee Underwood
Given names
Minnie Lee
Surname
Underwood
Birth September 12, 1887 26 22
Birth of a sisterLena Rivers Underwood
June 15, 1890 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMaude Elizabeth Underwood
June 3, 1891 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Cook
April 30, 1894 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Benjamin Underwood
May 12, 1894 (Age 6 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ann Knight
May 31, 1897 (Age 9 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 maternal grandmotherElizabeth Ann Chambers
before 1900 (Age 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam John Riley Knight
February 23, 1915 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sisterMaude Elizabeth Underwood
October 29, 1916 (Age 29 years)
Burial of a sisterMaude Elizabeth Underwood
October 30, 1916 (Age 29 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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 sisterLena Rivers Underwood
June 28, 1919 (Age 31 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Burial of a sisterLena Rivers Underwood
June 29, 1919 (Age 31 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemtery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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 54 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 brotherJohn Riley Underwood
June 25, 1948 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 13, 1967 (Age 79 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 10, 1883Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
John Riley Underwood
Birth: September 27, 1885 24 20Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 25, 1948Los Angeles, California, United States
23 months
herself
Minnie Lee Underwood
Birth: September 12, 1887 26 22Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 13, 1967Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
1 year
younger sister
Maude Elizabeth Underwood
Birth: June 3, 1891 30 26Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 29, 1916Christian, Kentucky, United States

Minnie Lee Underwood has 15 first cousins recorded