The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth “Lizzie” ThomasAge: 39 years18841923

Name
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Thomas
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Thomas
Married name
Elizabeth Wyatt
Nickname
Lizzie
Birth March 28, 1884
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
MarriageArthur Jacob “Jake” WyattView this family
about 1909 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Edith Wyatt
January 5, 1920 (Age 35 years)
Death April 23, 1923 (Age 39 years)
Cause of death: Child Birth
Family with Arthur Jacob “Jake” Wyatt - View this family
husband
Arthur Jacob “Jake” Wyatt
Birth: December 13, 1878 36 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 28, 1924Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
herself
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Thomas
Birth: March 28, 1884Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 23, 1923Clifty, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1909
11 years
daughter
Edith Wyatt
Birth: January 5, 1920 41 35Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 21, 1998Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States

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