The Shemwell Family

Myrtle Mae HillAge: 82 years19021984

Name
Myrtle Mae Hill
Given names
Myrtle Mae
Surname
Hill
Married name
Myrtle Mae Atkins
Married name
Myrtle Mae Daugherty
Birth September 12, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
MarriageJames Davis AtkinsView this family
January 9, 1922 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
MarriageClarence White DaughertyView this family
February 7, 1942 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 husbandClarence White Daugherty
February 17, 1964 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 husbandJames Davis Atkins
May 17, 1980 (Age 77 years)
Death October 8, 1984 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Buffalo Gap Cemetery
Family with Clarence White Daugherty - View this family
husband
herself
Myrtle Mae Hill
Birth: September 12, 1902Buffalo Gap, Taylor, Texas, United States
Death: October 8, 1984Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
Marriage: February 7, 1942Nolan, Texas, United States
Family with James Davis Atkins - View this family
husband
James Davis Atkins
Birth: March 7, 1896Texas, United States
Death: May 17, 1980Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
herself
Myrtle Mae Hill
Birth: September 12, 1902Buffalo Gap, Taylor, Texas, United States
Death: October 8, 1984Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
Marriage: January 9, 1922Taylor, Texas, United States
Clarence White Daugherty + Glen Dora McGee - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: January 28, 1908Taylor, Texas, United States
4 months
step-daughter
Myrtle Mabel Daugherty
Birth: June 8, 1908 23 17Taylor, Texas, United States
Death: August 6, 1984Santa Cruz, California, United States
3 years
step-daughter
22 months
step-daughter
Martha Jean “Tootsie” Daugherty
Birth: January 1, 1913 28 21Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: April 11, 1993Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Ruth Neglena Daugherty
Birth: April 1, 1917 32 25Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
Death: January 10, 1988Shasta, California, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Jean B “Jennie” Daugherty
Birth: May 16, 1920 35 29Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
Death: August 14, 2000Chino, San Bernardino, California, United States
6 years
step-son
Clarence White “Bud” Daugherty Jr
Birth: December 1, 1925 40 34Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
Death: October 16, 2004Victorville, San Bernardino, California, United States

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