The Shemwell Family

Alice Hester1875

Name
Alice Hester
Given names
Alice
Surname
Hester
Birth about 1875 33 25

Birth of a brotherWalter Richard Hester
July 2, 1878 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 16, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell
November 14, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Death of a motherAmanda A Jeffriss
April 8, 1889 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
Marriage of a parentSamuel Buford HesterIda B LovelessView this family
December 24, 1901 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Martin Hester
July 5, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Otis Hester
calculated 1914 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 54 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 fatherSamuel Buford Hester
September 13, 1932 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Richard Hester
December 30, 1941 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 75 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 half-brotherWilliam Martin Hester
February 20, 1974 (Age 99 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1867Henderson, Kentucky, United States
1 year
elder brother
Ether Hester
Birth: calculated 1868 26 18Georgia, United States
Death:
4 years
elder sister
5 years
herself
4 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Ida B Loveless - View this family
father
step-mother
Ida B Loveless
Birth: January 21, 1881Greenbrier, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 8, 1954Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
Marriage: December 24, 1901Faulkner, Arkansas, United States
9 years
half-brother
William Martin Hester
Birth: July 5, 1910 68 29Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 20, 1974Midland, Texas, United States
5 years
half-sister

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Samuel B Hester Jr. - Household

Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Sam HesterWM38headMFarmerKYVATN
Amanda HesterWF30wifeMKeeping HouseMSVAVA
Mary HesterWF9daughterSAKKYMS
Alice HesterWF5daughterSKYKYMS
Walter HesterWM2sonMKYKYMS

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