The Shemwell Family

John Robert YoungAge: 62 years18791941

Name
John Robert Young
Given names
John Robert
Surname
Young
Birth February 1, 1879
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
MarriageMaude Lee NealView this family
February 1, 1905 (Age 26 years)

Note: I.T.
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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 wifeMaude Lee Neal
July 23, 1929 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 November 18, 1941 (Age 62 years)
Family with Maude Lee Neal - View this family
himself
John Robert Young
Birth: February 1, 1879Illinois, United States
Death: November 18, 1941Arkansas, United States
wife
Maude Lee Neal
Birth: June 28, 1884 21 21Kentucky, United States
Death: July 23, 1929Arkansas, United States
Marriage: February 1, 1905

Marriage
I.T.
Note
Notes of Jean Young Kent