The Shemwell Family

Myrtle VaughanAge: 86 years18871974

Name
Myrtle Vaughan
Given names
Myrtle
Surname
Vaughan
Married name
Myrtle Taylor
Birth December 18, 1887 28 23
Birth of a sisterIvy Louise Vaughan
1892 (Age 4 years)
No Biological Children
No Known Biological Children

Note: 1910 thru 1950 Census records only Delmer & Myrtle
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 brotherWalter Dial Vaughan
May 1, 1900 (Age 12 years)
MarriageDelmer Edwin TaylorView this family
December 18, 1907 (Age 20 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Parham
1911 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Andrew Dial
June 30, 1916 (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/
Death of a fatherDr. Walter Blair Vaughan
September 24, 1923 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 53 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
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 motherNancy Belle “Nannie” Dial
October 1, 1957 (Age 69 years)
Death of a husbandDelmer Edwin Taylor
April 2, 1959 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Dial Vaughan
December 26, 1966 (Age 79 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 October 3, 1974 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 4, 1886Fannin, Texas, United States
21 months
herself
Myrtle Vaughan
Birth: December 18, 1887 28 23Texas, United States
Death: October 3, 1974Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
5 years
younger sister
Ivy Louise Vaughan
Birth: 1892 33 27Texas, United States
Death: July 26, 1987Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
8 years
younger brother
Walter Dial Vaughan
Birth: May 1, 1900 41 35Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: December 26, 1966Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Family with Delmer Edwin Taylor - View this family
husband
Delmer Edwin Taylor
Birth: February 12, 1887Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: April 2, 1959Fannin, Texas, United States
herself
Myrtle Vaughan
Birth: December 18, 1887 28 23Texas, United States
Death: October 3, 1974Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Marriage: December 18, 1907Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States

No Biological Children
1910 thru 1950 Census records only Delmer & Myrtle