The Shemwell Family

Beatrice HiggsAge: 8 years19161924

Name
Beatrice Higgs
Type
birth name
Given names
Beatrice
Surname
Higgs
Note: Foster Daughter of Frank and Martha Hartman
Birth March 27, 1916 45 40

Note: Beatrice Higgs was a foster daughter of Frank and Martha Hartman
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 9 months)

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 21 months)

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/
Death April 27, 1924 (Age 8 years)
Burial
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father
mother
Martha Ellen Sandy
Birth: May 30, 1875 62 43Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 27, 1962Fisherville, Augusta, Virginia, United States
Marriage: January 26, 1900New Hope, Augusta, Virginia, United States
11 months
elder brother
David Emory Whitfield Hartman
Birth: December 13, 1900 30 25New Hope, Augusta, Virginia, United States
Death: June 7, 1994Clinton, Missouri, United States
7 years
elder brother
James William Hartman
Birth: February 14, 1908 37 32Mount Solon, Augusta, Virginia, United States
Death: June 5, 1993Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
8 years
herself
Beatrice Higgs
Birth: March 27, 1916 45 40
Death: April 27, 1924Augusta, Virginia, United States

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Birth
Beatrice Higgs was a foster daughter of Frank and Martha Hartman
Name
Foster Daughter of Frank and Martha Hartman