The Shemwell Family

Sarah Alice BiggersAge: 61 years18801942

Name
Sarah Alice Biggers
Given names
Sarah Alice
Surname
Biggers
Married name
Sarah Alice Sitton
Birth December 5, 1880
MarriageThomas SittonView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#1
Modean Allie Sitton
April 24, 1918 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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 48 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 grandson
#1
Edward Eugene Eaton
October 30, 1937 (Age 56 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 May 30, 1942 (Age 61 years)

Family with Thomas Sitton - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
daughter

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Eugene Elihu Eaton - Household

202 East H Street Russellville, Pope, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Eaton, EugeneheadMW26MARSame placeYellARSalesmanBanana Business
Eaton, ModeanwifeFW21MARSame placeYellAR
Eaton, Edward EsonMW2SAR
Sitton, Thomasfather in lawMW67MARSame placeYellAR
Sitton, Alicemother in lawFW60MARSame placeYellAR