The Shemwell Family

Martin A Phipps1874

Name
Martin A Phipps
Given names
Martin A
Surname
Phipps
Birth about 1874 38 29
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherAaron W Phipps
1879 (Age 5 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn FisherMillie Agnes DarkView this family
May 1880 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-sisterGrace Pearl Fisher
April 28, 1881 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-brotherSamuel Fisher
January 1885 (Age 11 years)
Death of a motherMillie Agnes Dark
September 9, 1889 (Age 15 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
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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/
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
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 76 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 half-sisterGrace Pearl Fisher
June 13, 1958 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
Aaron W Phipps
Birth: about 1836Jefferson, Ohio, United States
Death: 1879Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1866Kansas, United States
9 years
himself
Mother’s family with John Fisher - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: May 1880Kansas, United States
1 year
half-sister
4 years
half-brother

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Eber Everett Hester - Household

Granite, Greer, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hester, EberheadMW36M110KYKYKYCarpenterHouse
Hester, Grace PwifeFW27M11033KSKSKS
Hester, Floyd PdaughterFW10SOKKYKS
Hester, Claudina LdaughterFW7SOKKYKS
Hester, Samuel WsonMW6mSOKKYKS
Phipps, Martin Abrother in lawMW36SKSKSKSCarpenterHouse