The Shemwell Family

Name
Eulen Arthur Underwood
Given names
Eulen Arthur
Surname
Underwood
Birth May 30, 1899 30 23
Death of a paternal grandfatherDavid Underwood
April 22, 1900 (Age 10 months)
Census June 27, 1900 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a brotherDavid Hackney Underwood
February 28, 1902 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherMalcolm Guy “Mike” Underwood
May 7, 1904 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Catherine Hinchey
September 23, 1906 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterAnnie Laura Underwood
January 14, 1907 (Age 7 years)
Census May 6, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherWalter Patterson Underwood
July 4, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterOpal Rebecca Underwood
September 6, 1913 (Age 14 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/
Census February 3, 1920 (Age 20 years)
MarriageMary Ida RushingView this family
December 4, 1924 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Lowell Eulen Underwood
February 22, 1928 (Age 28 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 sisterAnnie Laura Underwood
January 31, 1935 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherQuincie Monroe Underwood
February 15, 1940 (Age 40 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
Marriage of a childLowell Eulen UnderwoodEleanor Marie WoodardView this family
December 22, 1948 (Age 49 years)

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
Death of a brotherDavid Hackney Underwood
November 21, 1959 (Age 60 years)
Death of a motherMaggie Thomas Petty
February 1, 1962 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherMalcolm Guy “Mike” Underwood
June 17, 1971 (Age 72 years)
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 February 7, 1972 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bevil Cemetery
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