The Shemwell Family

Anna Elizabeth PowellAge: 51 years18721923

Name
Anna Elizabeth Powell
Given names
Anna Elizabeth
Surname
Powell
Married name
Anna Elizabeth Kirkman
Birth February 22, 1872 28 22

Birth of a brotherHaydon T Powell
1874 (Age 22 months)

Death of a motherMary Elizabeth Edwards
about 1874 (Age 22 months)

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 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 maternal grandfatherAndrew Jackson Edwards
September 28, 1885 (Age 13 years)

MarriageJohn H KirkmanView this family
November 25, 1891 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Elvin Kirkman
July 22, 1894 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
Birth of a son
#2
Coy Milbern Kirkman
August 29, 1900 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 October 24, 1923 (Age 51 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 20, 1869Todd, Kentucky, United States
5 months
elder brother
3 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
Family with John H Kirkman - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 25, 1891
3 years
son
6 years
son