The Shemwell Family

John Calvin SandyAge: 74 years18731948

Name
John Calvin Sandy
Given names
John Calvin
Surname
Sandy
Birth April 28, 1873 29 26
Death of a paternal grandmotherSusannah Rawley
December 13, 1873 (Age 7 months)
Cause: Typhoid Pneumonia
Birth of a sisterAnna A “Annie” Sandy
February 28, 1875 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a brotherWilliam A Sandy
August 8, 1877 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a sisterMary E Sandy
May 26, 1879 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherSamuel Edward Sandy
September 18, 1881 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam A Sandy
November 12, 1881 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterWilda F Sandy
December 13, 1884 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherJacob Harvey Sandy
September 12, 1886 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterMary E Sandy
August 12, 1894 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam E Sandy
April 13, 1898 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
Death of a half-brotherMartin Luther Sandy
April 18, 1908 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherFrances Virginia Crum
December 9, 1915 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherWilliam Jackson Sandy
July 16, 1918 (Age 45 years)
Cause: Some obscure abdominal trouble do not know just what
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 43 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 44 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 56 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 half-sisterElla Virginia Sandy
July 20, 1931 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 sisterWilda F Sandy
January 21, 1947 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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 January 1, 1948 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 13, 1872Augusta, Virginia, United States
8 months
himself
John Calvin Sandy
Birth: April 28, 1873 29 26Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: January 1, 1948Augusta, Virginia, United States
22 months
younger sister
Anna A “Annie” Sandy
Birth: February 28, 1875 31 28Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: December 26, 1964Augusta, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger brother
William A Sandy
Birth: August 8, 1877 33 31Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: November 12, 1881Rockingham, Virginia, United States
22 months
younger sister
Mary E Sandy
Birth: May 26, 1879 35 32Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: August 12, 1894Richmond, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger brother
Samuel Edward Sandy
Birth: September 18, 1881 37 35Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 2, 1964Augusta, Virginia, United States
3 years
younger sister
Wilda F Sandy
Birth: December 13, 1884 41 38Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: January 21, 1947Augusta, Virginia, United States
21 months
younger brother
Jacob Harvey Sandy
Birth: September 12, 1886 42 40Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: December 21, 1985Augusta, Virginia, United States
Father’s family with Susan Rebecca Keller - View this family
father
step-mother
Susan Rebecca Keller
Birth: October 24, 1851Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: June 30, 1871Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Marriage: October 12, 1867Rockingham, Virginia, United States
10 months
half-sister
Ella Virginia Sandy
Birth: July 1868 24 16Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: July 20, 1931Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States
17 months
half-brother
Martin Luther Sandy
Birth: November 1869 25 18Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 18, 1908Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, United States