The Shemwell Family

Eula Mae NailAge: 85 years19162001

Name
Eula Mae Nail
Given names
Eula Mae
Surname
Nail
Married name
Eula Mae Sherrill
Married name
Eula Mae Osborn
Birth August 2, 1916 22 17
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 4 months)

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 16 months)

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 sisterMartha Jane Nail
August 5, 1919 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherAustin William Nail
June 3, 1922 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterAnnie Lou “Anna” Nail
January 5, 1925 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMurtie Marie Nail
August 31, 1927 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 sisterDorothy Lee Nail
March 30, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterBetty Aileen Nail
January 12, 1933 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Vestal Cordall Sherrill
February 10, 1935 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a brotherBen Thomas Nail Sr.
September 14, 1935 (Age 19 years)
Census May 28, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Vonalee L Sherrill
April 19, 1944 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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
Census May 24, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Thomas Selby
July 8, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherJames A Nail
August 27, 1950 (Age 34 years)
Death of a husbandAlbert Howard Sherrill
March 10, 1952 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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
MarriageRobert OsbornView this family
1955 (Age 38 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherDeliah Jane Hall
June 3, 1970 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 of a motherNellie Ann Selby
July 24, 1987 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Lou “Anna” Nail
August 19, 1996 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherAustin William Nail
February 24, 1997 (Age 80 years)
Death November 1, 2001 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brookdale Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
herself
3 years
younger sister
Martha Jane Nail
Birth: August 5, 1919 25 20Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 13, 2007Livingston, Overton, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Austin William Nail
Birth: June 3, 1922 28 23Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 24, 1997Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Annie Lou “Anna” Nail
Birth: January 5, 1925 31 26Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 19, 1996Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Murtie Marie Nail
Birth: August 31, 1927 33 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 17, 2016Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Dorothy Lee Nail
Birth: March 30, 1930 36 31Tennessee, United States
Death: March 23, 2008Niles, Cook, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Ben Thomas Nail Sr.
Birth: September 14, 1935 41 37Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 2024Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
sister
Private
Family with Albert Howard Sherrill - View this family
husband
Albert Howard Sherrill
Birth: July 17, 1906Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 10, 1952Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
herself
son
Vestal Cordall Sherrill
Birth: February 10, 1935 28 18Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 29, 2006Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
son
Private
son
Private
daughter
Vonalee L Sherrill
Birth: April 19, 1944 37 27Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 18, 2017Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
Family with Robert Osborn - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1955

Eula Mae Nail has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (3)

Parents William Lloyd Selby + Dailey Laticia Kerley
1Private
2Private
3Private
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James A Nail - Household

York Highway Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Nail, James AheadMW36M21TNTNTNBarberBarber Shop
Nail, Nellie AwifeFW31M17TNTNTN
Nail, Eula MdaughterFW13STNTNTN
Nail, Martha JdaughterFW10STNTNTN
Nail, AustinsonMW7STNTNTN
Nail, Anna LdaughterFW5STNTNTN
Nail, MurtiedaughterFW2-8mSTNTNTN
Nail, DorothydaughterFW0mSTNTNTN