The Shemwell Family

Cecil Reed1877

Name
Cecil Reed
Given names
Cecil
Surname
Reed
Birth June 1877 28 23
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 19, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterLulu Reed
October 1880 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRoscoe Reed
January 14, 1885 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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 paternal grandmotherMargaret McCain
May 8, 1899 (Age 21 years)
Census June 6, 1900 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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/
Death of a fatherWilliam M Reed Jr.
October 1, 1925 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherMary Rosa Strow
March 2, 1926 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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 64 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 brotherClarence Boone Reed
July 13, 1948 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 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 brotherRoscoe Reed
March 9, 1960 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 68 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
Deathunknown

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father
William M Reed Jr.
Birth: September 5, 1848 23 19Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 1, 1925Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
mother
Mary Rosa Strow
Birth: October 17, 1853Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 2, 1926Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: October 17, 1872Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
8 months
elder brother
4 years
himself
Cecil Reed
Birth: June 1877 28 23Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Lulu Reed
Birth: October 1880 32 26Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
younger brother
Roscoe Reed
Birth: January 14, 1885 36 31Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 9, 1960Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William M Reed Jr. - Household

Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Reed, Wm MWM31headMlawyerKYNCTN
Reed, Mary RWF26wifeMKYVAKY
Reed, CecilWM3sonSKYKYKY
Strow, MaryWF62mother in lawWdKYTNVA

Census
Reed, William M Head W M SEP 1848 51 M Attorney at Law Reed, Mary R Wife W F OCT 1853 46 M Reed, Clarence B son W M JUN 1873 27 M 6 mos Foreman Reed, Cecil son W M JUN 1877 22 S Lawyer Reed, Lulu dau W F OCT 1880 19 S Reed, Roscoe son W M JAN 1885 15 S farm labor Reed, Rube Enoch dau in law W F JUL 1877 M