The Shemwell Family

Bertha D ClaggAge: 94 years18771971

Name
Bertha D Clagg
Given names
Bertha D
Surname
Clagg
Married name
Bertha D Johnson
Birth January 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageAndrew Bolin JohnsonView this family
October 3, 1896 (Age 19 years)
Note: Marriage info found on Findagrave Site
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
Virgil M Johnson
November 20, 1907 (Age 30 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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 64 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 husbandAndrew Bolin Johnson
October 11, 1949 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 73 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 69 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 18, 1971 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Graceland Cemetery
Family with Andrew Bolin Johnson - View this family
husband
Andrew Bolin Johnson
Birth: December 16, 1868South Muddy, Jasper, Illinois, United States
Death: October 11, 1949Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
herself
Bertha D Clagg
Birth: January 1877Newton, Jasper, Illinois, United States
Death: February 18, 1971Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 3, 1896Illinois, United States
11 years
son
Virgil M Johnson
Birth: November 20, 1907 38 30Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: May 1, 1996Lakeside, San Diego, California, United States

Marriage
Marriage info found on Findagrave Site
Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Bolin Johnson - Household

Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Johnson, Andrew BheadMW41M213ILOHOHEnglishFarmerGeneral farmOAYesYesOMF
Johnson, BerthawifeFW32M1343ILILILEnglishNoneYesYes
Johnson, DeweysonMW11SMOILILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Johnson, Virgil MsonMW3SMOILILNone
Johnson, RasseausonMW0 years 3 monthsSMOILILNone
Johnson, SylvestersonMW0 years 3 monthsSMOILILNone