The Shemwell Family

Jennie RichmondAge: 36 years18831919

Name
Jennie Richmond
Given names
Jennie
Surname
Richmond
Married name
Jennie Edwards
Birth February 5, 1883

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageCharles H EdwardsView this family
August 10, 1904 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ruth Edwards
March 16, 1905 (Age 22 years)

Death of a daughterRuth Edwards
March 19, 1905 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Toy Edwards
October 11, 1906 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 December 29, 1919 (Age 36 years)

Family with Charles H Edwards - View this family
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herself
Marriage: August 10, 1904Todd, Kentucky, United States
7 months
daughter
19 months
son
Toy Edwards
Birth: October 11, 1906 29 23
Death: July 6, 1980Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Charles H Edwards + Myrtie Slaughter - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
step-daughter
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step-son
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