The Shemwell Family

Name
Clarence A Long
Given names
Clarence A
Surname
Long
Birth 1902 34 29
Birth of a sisterAlma Fayette Long
May 16, 1906 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherRoy Kenneth Long
June 12, 1909 (Age 7 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherGerald Arthur Long
May 7, 1914 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Death of a fatherAlbert Long
1935 (Age 33 years)
Death October 9, 1938 (Age 36 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valley View Cemetery
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