The Shemwell Family

John William FrithAge: 70 years18711942

Name
John William Frith
Given names
John William
Surname
Frith
Birth November 8, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
MarriageIda Florence CherryView this family
October 14, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ida Florence Frith
November 27, 1909 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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/
Marriage of a childJessie Wilton ShemwellIda Florence FrithView this family
August 13, 1928 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ida Nell Shemwell
June 15, 1929 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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
#2
Betty Jean Shemwell
November 11, 1930 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Robert Leon “Bobby” Shemwell
October 1, 1933 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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
Death April 27, 1942 (Age 70 years)
Family with Ida Florence Cherry - View this family
himself
John William Frith
Birth: November 8, 1871Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 27, 1942Stewart, Tennessee, United States
wife
Ida Florence Cherry
Birth: January 22, 1879Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1943Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: October 14, 1900Stewart, Tennessee, United States
9 years
daughter

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