The Shemwell Family

Stella McMahanAge: 98 years18901988

Name
Stella McMahan
Given names
Stella
Surname
McMahan
Married name
Stella Burris
Married name
Stella Tumy
Birth April 21, 1890 28 20
MarriagePorter W TumyView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Shelby Eugene “Gene” Burris
October 26, 1912 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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/
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 fatherRolla Smith McMahan
December 20, 1943 (Age 53 years)
Cause: Heart condition and flu
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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 59 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 husbandOra Raymond Burris
February 5, 1954 (Age 63 years)
Cause: Lung cancer
Burial of a husbandOra Raymond Burris
February 6, 1954 (Age 63 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
Death of a motherDollie Frances Younger
October 24, 1954 (Age 64 years)
Cause: Cancer
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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 May 21, 1988 (Age 98 years)

Note: Information from headstone
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Rolla Smith McMahan
Birth: about 1862Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: December 20, 1943Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
mother
Dollie Frances Younger
Birth: November 13, 1869Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 24, 1954Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Marriage: September 1, 1884Cooper, Missouri, United States
6 years
herself
Family with Ora Raymond Burris - View this family
husband
Ora Raymond Burris
Birth: March 11, 1887 25 22Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 5, 1954Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
herself
son
Shelby Eugene “Gene” Burris
Birth: October 26, 1912 25 22Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 12, 1998Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
Family with Porter W Tumy - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Ora Raymond Burris - Household

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Burris, OraheadMW23M11MOOHKYCarpenterHouse
Burris, StellawifeFW20M1100MOMOMO

Death
Information from headstone