The Shemwell Family

Josephine Woody RhodesAge: 94 years18871981

Name
Josephine Woody Rhodes
Given names
Josephine Woody
Surname
Rhodes
Married name
Josephine Woody Hoover
Birth March 26, 1887 44 30
Birth of a sisterCallie Mae Rhodes
May 11, 1889 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSadie Norris Rhodes
October 13, 1891 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherOffiet Bernard Rhodes
November 5, 1893 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Olen Rhodes
October 21, 1895 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam E Sandy
April 13, 1898 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 sisterGladys Marie Rhodes
December 12, 1899 (Age 12 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Marshall Rhodes
July 15, 1915 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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 42 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 54 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 motherNancy Jane “Nannie” Sandy
June 6, 1952 (Age 65 years)
Cause: Pneumonia Bronchial
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 brotherWilliam Arthur Rhodes
September 30, 1958 (Age 71 years)

Death of a brotherOffiet Bernard Rhodes
May 17, 1966 (Age 79 years)
Cause: Left cerebral artery thrombosis
Death of a brotherJohn Olen Rhodes
July 3, 1969 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 July 20, 1981 (Age 94 years)
Burial
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father
mother
Marriage: June 28, 1876Rockingham, Virginia, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Harriet “Hattie” Rhodes
Birth: November 5, 1879 36 22Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: February 8, 1984Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
22 months
elder brother
William Arthur Rhodes
Birth: September 15, 1881 38 24Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: September 30, 1958
3 years
elder sister
Elizabeth Virginia “Lizzie” Rhodes
Birth: March 9, 1884 40 27Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: November 1981
3 years
herself
Josephine Woody Rhodes
Birth: March 26, 1887 44 30Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: July 20, 1981Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger sister
Callie Mae Rhodes
Birth: May 11, 1889 46 32Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: September 21, 1985Broward, Florida, United States
2 years
younger sister
Sadie Norris Rhodes
Birth: October 13, 1891 48 34Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 30, 1987Alexandria, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger brother
Offiet Bernard Rhodes
Birth: November 5, 1893 50 36Plains, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: May 17, 1966Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
23 months
younger brother
John Olen Rhodes
Birth: October 21, 1895 52 38Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: July 3, 1969Broadway, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
4 years
younger sister
Gladys Marie Rhodes
Birth: December 12, 1899 56 42Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: February 8, 1994Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States