The Shemwell Family

Julian Clyde SumnerAge: 81 years18871968

Name
Julian Clyde Sumner
Given names
Julian Clyde
Surname
Sumner
Birth September 28, 1887 30 27

MarriageGarvie Mae EzellView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherJohn Bob Sumner
December 16, 1892 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Frances Vinson
1908 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Iva Betrice Sumner
March 13, 1911 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Jesse James Sumner
September 3, 1913 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherMyra Belle “Oulie” Herndon
January 20, 1915 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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
#3
Margaret Marie Sumner
April 21, 1919 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Anna Christine Shemwell
January 31, 1932 (Age 44 years)
Death of a granddaughterAnna Christine Shemwell
January 31, 1932 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Wanda Larue Shemwell
February 15, 1933 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherJames Columbus Lum Sumner
July 5, 1934 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 62 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 sonJesse James Sumner
May 18, 1962 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Bob Sumner
July 22, 1964 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 December 6, 1968 (Age 81 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ezell Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Myra Belle “Oulie” Herndon
Birth: October 4, 1859 33 30Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 20, 1915Linton, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
himself
5 years
younger brother
John Bob Sumner
Birth: December 16, 1892 35 33Arkansas, United States
Death: July 22, 1964Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Family with Garvie Mae Ezell - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
daughter
Iva Betrice Sumner
Birth: March 13, 1911 23 19Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 15, 2003Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
Jesse James Sumner
Birth: September 3, 1913 25 21Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 1962Trigg, Kentucky, United States
6 years
daughter
Margaret Marie Sumner
Birth: April 21, 1919 31 27Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 2004Trigg, Kentucky, United States