The Shemwell Family

Minnie Helen MorganAge: 89 years18711960

Name
Minnie Helen Morgan
Given names
Minnie Helen
Surname
Morgan
Married name
Minnie Helen Mason
Birth January 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam French MasonView this family
April 25, 1890 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas Glee “Glen” Mason
September 30, 1899 (Age 28 years)
Census June 20, 1900 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 grandson
#1
Melvin Warren Mason
July 20, 1923 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Marvin Glee Mason
May 20, 1937 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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 husbandWilliam French Mason
1948 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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 75 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 December 15, 1960 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Corzine Cemetery
Family with William French Mason - View this family
husband
William French Mason
Birth: October 1866Thoburn, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Death: 1948Sumner, Kansas, United States
herself
Minnie Helen Morgan
Birth: January 1871Thoburn, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Death: December 15, 1960Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: April 25, 1890Marion, West Virginia, United States
9 years
son

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William French Mason - Household

Falls, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Mason, WilliamheadWMOct186633M10WVWVVAFarmer and Minister0YesYesYesRF
Mason, MinniewifeWFJan187129M1033WVWVWVYesYesYes
Mason, Gay RsonWMMay18928SWVWVWV5YesYesYes
Mason, Forest GsonWMSep18972SKSWVWVNoNoYes
Mason, GlensonWMSep18990 years 9 monthsSKSWVWVNoNoNo