The Shemwell Family

Eulalia Belle BlantonAge: 86 years18741960

Name
Eulalia Belle Blanton
Given names
Eulalia Belle
Surname
Blanton
Married name
Eulalia Belle Biggerstaff
Birth January 22, 1874 35 30
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageRobert England BiggerstaffView this family
March 29, 1893 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
Death of a brotherJohn Broadus Blanton
February 25, 1904 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 fatherJohn B Blanton
July 9, 1922 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherCatherine Agatha Stroud
June 24, 1924 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 husbandRobert England Biggerstaff
October 1, 1936 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 75 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 71 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 August 4, 1960 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cool Springs Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
John B Blanton
Birth: February 17, 1838Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 9, 1922Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
mother
Catherine Agatha Stroud
Birth: July 28, 1843Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 24, 1924Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: March 22, 1866Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
8 years
elder brother
John Broadus Blanton
Birth: October 30, 1873 35 30Nebo, McDowell, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 25, 1904Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
3 months
herself
Eulalia Belle Blanton
Birth: January 22, 1874 35 30Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 4, 1960Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Family with Robert England Biggerstaff - View this family
husband
Robert England Biggerstaff
Birth: March 10, 1874 28 27Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 1, 1936Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
herself
Eulalia Belle Blanton
Birth: January 22, 1874 35 30Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 4, 1960Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: March 29, 1893Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

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