The Shemwell Family

Eulalia Vivian SillsAge: 94 years18941989

Name
Eulalia Vivian Sills
Given names
Eulalia Vivian
Surname
Sills
Married name
Eulalia Vivian Suddarth
Married name
Eulalia Vivian McElyea
Birth March 23, 1894
MarriageWilliam Tandy SuddarthView this family
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MarriageHenry McElyeaView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 daughter
#1
Rhada “Nony” Suddarth
May 30, 1913 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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/
Birth of a daughter
#2
Betty A Suddarth
December 13, 1927 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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
Death of a husbandWilliam Tandy Suddarth
February 6, 1938 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 husbandHenry McElyea
August 11, 1962 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 February 4, 1989 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hendon Cemetery
Family with William Tandy Suddarth - View this family
husband
William Tandy Suddarth
Birth: May 1882 36 21Tennessee, United States
Death: February 6, 1938Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage:
daughter
Rhada “Nony” Suddarth
Birth: May 30, 1913 31 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 3, 2010St. Louis, Missouri, United States
15 years
daughter
Betty A Suddarth
Birth: December 13, 1927 45 33Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 11, 2013Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with Henry McElyea - View this family
husband
Henry McElyea
Birth: Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 11, 1962Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage: