The Shemwell Family

Helen MeadowsAge: 39 years18851925

Name
Helen Meadows
Given names
Helen
Surname
Meadows
Married name
Helen Roby
Birth September 22, 1885

MarriageRalph E RobyView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 September 9, 1925 (Age 39 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arlington Heights Cemetery
Family with Ralph E Roby - View this family
husband
herself
Helen Meadows
Birth: September 22, 1885
Death: September 9, 1925Houston, Tennessee, United States
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