The Shemwell Family

Jennetta Melissa “Nettie” JohnsonAge: 68 years18801949

Name
Jennetta Melissa “Nettie” Johnson
Given names
Jennetta Melissa
Surname
Johnson
Nickname
Nettie
Married name
Jennetta Melissa Frost
Married name
Jennetta Melissa Milam
Married name
Jennetta Melissa Byrum
Birth April 13, 1880
MarriageHenry H MilamView this family
May 2, 1897 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1Sidney Albert Milam
March 4, 1898 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
MarriageWilliam Matthew “Willie” FrostView this family
December 9, 1900 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 49 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 husbandWilliam Matthew “Willie” Frost
June 13, 1935 (Age 55 years)
Burial of a husbandWilliam Matthew “Willie” Frost
June 15, 1935 (Age 55 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Eventide Cemetery
MarriageJames Wylie ByrumView this family
before 1940 (Age 59 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 of a sonSidney Albert Milam
November 14, 1947 (Age 67 years)
Burial of a sonSidney Albert Milam
November 17, 1947 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 January 4, 1949 (Age 68 years)
Burial January 6, 1949 (2 days after death)
Last change April 29, 202215:47:34

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with William Matthew “Willie” Frost - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 9, 1900Grayson, Texas, United States
Family with Henry H Milam - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 2, 1897Grayson, Denison, Texas, United States
10 months
son
Sidney Albert Milam
Birth: March 4, 1898 17Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death: November 14, 1947Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Family with James Wylie Byrum - View this family
husband
James Wylie Byrum
Birth: February 17, 1889Polk, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 13, 1960Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: before 1940
William Matthew “Willie” Frost + Clara Elizabeth Razor - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1913
3 years
step-daughter
Mollie E Frost
Birth: September 19, 1915 35 23Monett, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: September 19, 1915Monett, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
13 months
step-son
Lee Andrew Frost
Birth: October 18, 1916 37 24Monett, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: January 5, 1996Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
7 years
step-daughter
Hazel May Frost
Birth: May 12, 1923 43 30Monett, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: September 12, 1924Monett, Barry, Missouri, United States

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