The Shemwell Family

Beverly May MeadorAge: 92 years19092001

Name
Beverly May Meador
Given names
Beverly May
Surname
Meador
Married name
Beverly May Sloan
Birth July 8, 1909 32 29
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam L Harris
October 8, 1910 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 maternal grandmotherFannie Lee Hester
December 31, 1928 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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
Death of a fatherLester Law Meador
June 12, 1945 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 motherManie Wilson Harris
1955 (Age 45 years)
Note: Aged Convalescent Home 1950 Census
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 26, 2001 (Age 92 years)
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father
Lester Law Meador
Birth: August 13, 1876Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 12, 1945La Junta, Baca, Colorado, United States
mother
Manie Wilson Harris
Birth: August 1879 30 26Sharon, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1955Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States
Marriage: about 1908
18 months
herself
Beverly May Meador
Birth: July 8, 1909 32 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 26, 2001Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States

Beverly May Meador has 3 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (3)

Parents James Elmer Harris + Dottie May Richmond
1Mary Lucile Harris19021997
2Jamie Lee Harris19051995
3Hilda P Harris19071980