The Shemwell Family

Emma May McCollumAge: 86 years19142000

Name
Emma May McCollum
Given names
Emma May
Surname
McCollum
Married name
Emma May Smith
Birth April 26, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 months)

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 2 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 3 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 15 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 son
#1
Michael Huntley Smith Sr.
August 28, 1945 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Wayne Calvin Smith
July 18, 1951 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 31 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 of a husbandLloyd Thomas Smith
July 25, 1977 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sonWayne Calvin Smith
March 21, 1995 (Age 80 years)
Death November 27, 2000 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Edwardsville Cemetery
Family with Lloyd Thomas Smith - View this family
husband
Lloyd Thomas Smith
Birth: November 9, 1916 32 29Rogerson, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Death: July 25, 1977Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
herself
Emma May McCollum
Birth: April 26, 1914Franklin, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Death: November 27, 2000New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
son
Private
son
Michael Huntley Smith Sr.
Birth: August 28, 1945 28 31Hawthorne, Mineral, Nevada, United States
Death: February 12, 2023Clarksville, Clark, Indiana, United States
daughter
Private
son
Wayne Calvin Smith
Birth: July 18, 1951 34 37New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Death: March 21, 1995Germany
Lloyd Thomas Smith + Velma P Dyer - View this family
husband
Lloyd Thomas Smith
Birth: November 9, 1916 32 29Rogerson, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Death: July 25, 1977Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Velma P Dyer
Birth: August 4, 1922Napponee, Nebraska, United States
Death: April 7, 2003Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Marriage: April 27, 1940Twin Falls, Idaho, United States

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