The Shemwell Family

Robert Samuel Yarbourgh1895

Name
Robert Samuel Yarbourgh
Given names
Robert Samuel
Surname
Yarbourgh
Birth April 22, 1895 38 35
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 June 18, 1900 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMargaret Shemwell
March 5, 1905 (Age 9 years)
Note: Newspaper: Davidson Dispatch, March 5, 1905
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 of a fatherWhitson Berry “WB” Yarbourgh
March 17, 1925 (Age 29 years)
Death of a motherMartha Jeanette “Mattie” Arnold
January 16, 1929 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 46 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 54 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 sisterMarjorie Ruth Yarbourgh
September 24, 1963 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 sisterEdna Arnold Yarbourgh
December 11, 1976 (Age 81 years)
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: May 27, 1886Randolph, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder sister
Edna Arnold Yarbourgh
Birth: February 9, 1890 33 30Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 11, 1976Davidson, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Marjorie Ruth Yarbourgh
Birth: May 16, 1893 36 33North Carolina, United States
Death: September 24, 1963Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
23 months
himself
Robert Samuel Yarbourgh
Birth: April 22, 1895 38 35North Carolina, United States
Death:

Robert Samuel Yarbourgh has 3 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Whitson B Yarbourgh - Household

Concord, Randolph, NC

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Whitson B YarbourghheadWMDec185643M14NCNCNCFarmer
Mattie YarbourghwifeWFNov185940M1433NCNCNC
Edna A YarbourghdaughterWFFeb189010SNCNCNC
Argie R YarbourghdaughterWFMay18937SNCNCNC
Samuel P YarbourghsonWMApr18955SNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Whitson B Yarbourgh - Household

Center St.? Lexington, Davidson, NC

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Whitson B YarbourghheadMW53M24NCNCNCClerkDry goods store
Mattie J YarbourghwifeFW50M2453NCNCNCKeeperBoarding house
Edna A YarbourghdaughterFW20SNCNCNC
Marjorie R YarbourghdaughterFW16SNCNCNC
Robert S YarbourghsonMW15SNCNCNC

There are 10 boarders listed in the census