The Shemwell Family

Clara May HallAge: 56 years18991956

Name
Clara May Hall
Given names
Clara May
Surname
Hall
Birth August 21, 1899 29 21
Birth of a brotherOtis Grant Hall
October 5, 1902 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherHughlon Hobert Hall
July 30, 1904 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Arthur Hall
November 11, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherHerman Clay Hall
November 5, 1912 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 maternal grandmotherMartha Caroline Lee
June 12, 1923 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherHughlon Hobert Hall
June 13, 1928 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJesse Franklin Parham
January 3, 1929 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 fatherJohn Wesley Hall
May 15, 1945 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 46 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 March 7, 1956 (Age 56 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: December 22, 1892Tennessee, United States
7 years
herself
Clara May Hall
Birth: August 21, 1899 29 21Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 7, 1956Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
-6 years
elder sister
Ethel Lee Hall
Birth: January 10, 1894 23 15Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 17, 1989Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
9 years
younger brother
Otis Grant Hall
Birth: October 5, 1902 32 24Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 30, 1987Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
22 months
younger brother
Hughlon Hobert Hall
Birth: July 30, 1904 34 26Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 13, 1928Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States
6 years
younger brother
William Arthur Hall
Birth: November 11, 1910 40 32Waldron, Harper, Kansas, United States
Death: December 24, 1963Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
2 years
younger brother
Herman Clay Hall
Birth: November 5, 1912 42 34Waldron, Harper, Kansas, United States
Death: November 17, 1995Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States