The Shemwell Family

Maude Emma WhiteheadAge: 88 years18711960

Name
Maude Emma Whitehead
Given names
Maude Emma
Surname
Whitehead
Married name
Maude Emma Moon
Birth December 6, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam Aaron MoonView this family
May 23, 1893 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 daughter
#1
Maude Louise Moon
June 22, 1904 (Age 32 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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/
Marriage of a childRobert Wallace BruceMaude Louise MoonView this family
August 25, 1928 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 granddaughter
#1
Emma Louise Bruce
May 27, 1930 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
John Robert Bruce
June 25, 1936 (Age 64 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Aaron Moon
January 22, 1941 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 78 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 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 2, 1960 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rodes United Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with William Aaron Moon - View this family
husband
William Aaron Moon
Birth: October 5, 1869Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
Death: January 22, 1941Waynesboro, Augusta, Virginia, United States
herself
Maude Emma Whitehead
Birth: December 6, 1871Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
Death: October 2, 1960Staunton, Virginia, United States
Marriage: May 23, 1893Westpoint, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
11 years
daughter

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Aaron Moon - Household

Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Moon, William AheadMW40M116INININEnglishMerchantHardwareEMPYesYesOFH
Moon, Maude EwifeFW38M11687INININEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Moon, Cecil CsonMW15SINININEnglishNewsboyStreetOAYesYesYes
Moon, Wilbur AsonMW14SINININEnglishNewsboyStreetOAYesYesYes
Moon, H RoysesonMW13SINININEnglishNewsboyStreetOAYesYesYes
Moon, Emily BdaughterFW9SINININNoneYes
Moon, Will AsonMW7SINININNoneYes
Moon, Edith LnieceFW6SOKININNoneYes
Moon, Bessie FdaughterFW3SININMSNone
Moon, Louise MdaughterFW5SINININNone