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Etta McPherson1953

Name
Etta McPherson
Given names
Etta
Surname
McPherson
Married name
Etta Edwards
Birth
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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
MarriageHershel EdwardsView this family
October 9, 1916
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

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

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

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

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
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
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 1953
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Etta McPherson
Birth: Penrod, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1953Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Family with Hershel Edwards - View this family
husband
herself
Etta McPherson
Birth: Penrod, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1953Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: October 9, 1916Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Hershel Edwards + Sarah Elizabeth Chappell - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 16, 1900Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
10 months
step-son
Owen Edwards
Birth: October 28, 1901 20 20Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 26, 1962Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Zada Edwards
Birth: November 4, 1903 22 22Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 1928Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
step-son
Cecil Walter Edwards
Birth: March 6, 1906 25 24Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 4, 1978Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Cora Beatrice Edwards
Birth: May 8, 1908 27 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 8, 1993Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
step-son
Thomas Linden Edwards
Birth: September 17, 1910 29 29Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 12, 1992Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
3 years
step-son
Virgil A Edwards
Birth: June 25, 1913 32 32Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 17, 1968Massillon, Stark, Ohio, United States
2 years
step-son
Nobel Edwards
Birth: November 20, 1915 34 34Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 8, 1917Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States

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