The Shemwell Family

Gladys Marie BrownAge: 73 years18981971

Name
Gladys Marie Brown
Given names
Gladys Marie
Surname
Brown
Married name
Gladys Marie Turner
Birth March 17, 1898
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 days)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageAdam TurnerView this family
March 10, 1917 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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 19 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
#1
Maudena Turner
July 18, 1920 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 grandson
#1
McMahan
October 7, 1937 (Age 39 years)
Death of a grandsonMcMahan
October 7, 1937 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Margaret Ann McMahan
June 25, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Gary Leon McMahan
August 29, 1943 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 51 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 July 16, 1971 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Zion Cemetery
Family with Adam Turner - View this family
husband
Adam Turner
Birth: December 3, 1895Howell, Missouri, United States
Death: December 14, 1989West Plains, Howell, Missouri, United States
herself
Gladys Marie Brown
Birth: March 17, 1898Grimmet, Howell, Missouri, United States
Death: July 16, 1971Howell, Missouri, United States
Marriage: March 10, 1917Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Maudena Turner
Birth: July 18, 1920 24 22Pomona, Howell, Missouri, United States
Death: December 24, 2008Howell, Missouri, United States

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