The Shemwell Family

Edna Earl BryantAge: 88 years19021991

Name
Edna Earl Bryant
Given names
Edna Earl
Surname
Bryant
Birth July 15, 1902 48 38
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherJesse Bryant
January 1, 1917 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 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 15 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 27 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 39 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
Death of a brotherThomas Jefferson Bryant
January 31, 1947 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 motherLydia Sarah Reese
June 20, 1960 (Age 57 years)
Death of a sisterSallie Mae Bryant
May 3, 1964 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherJessie James Bryant
October 11, 1967 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Franklin Bryant
September 26, 1968 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterZilpher M Bryant
June 30, 1969 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 of a sisterEllen Elizabeth Bryant
June 3, 1987 (Age 84 years)
Death February 9, 1991 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: January 17, 1889Christian, Kentucky, United States
15 months
elder sister
Sallie Mae Bryant
Birth: April 6, 1890 35 25Kentucky, United States
Death: May 3, 1964Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
John Franklin Bryant
Birth: August 13, 1892 38 28Kentucky, United States
Death: September 26, 1968Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Thomas Jefferson Bryant
Birth: August 20, 1894 40 30Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 31, 1947Christian, Kentucky, United States
21 months
elder sister
Zilpher M Bryant
Birth: May 12, 1896 41 32Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 30, 1969Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Jessie James Bryant
Birth: June 23, 1898 43 34Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 11, 1967Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
22 months
herself
Edna Earl Bryant
Birth: July 15, 1902 48 38Kentucky, United States
Death: February 9, 1991Christian, Kentucky, United States

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