The Shemwell Family

Emmett Clinton Armstrong

Emmett Clinton ArmstrongAge: 72 years18901963

Name
Emmett Clinton Armstrong
Given names
Emmett Clinton
Surname
Armstrong
Birth October 13, 1890 42 35
Birth of a brotherWilliam Wayne Armstrong
September 9, 1893 (Age 2 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Ann Allen
April 21, 1894 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterNora M Armstrong
January 16, 1896 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles M Armstrong
April 9, 1897 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherCharles M Armstrong
May 6, 1897 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherArchie F Armstrong
July 29, 1898 (Age 7 years)
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
Death of a brotherArchie F Armstrong
September 19, 1898 (Age 7 years)
Census June 27, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin Everett Armstrong
October 15, 1904 (Age 14 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 19 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/
Death of a fatherAndrew Benjamin Armstrong
April 15, 1927 (Age 36 years)
Death of a motherMary Jane Cheek
February 24, 1928 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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
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
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 26, 1963 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hylton Cemetery
Last change April 12, 202321:08:19

by: Bruce Troutman
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father
mother
Marriage: March 6, 1876Williamson, Texas, United States
8 months
elder brother
Andrew R Armstrong
Birth: November 1, 1876 28 21Texas, United States
Death: January 5, 1877Texas, United States
14 months
elder brother
Benjamin Everett Armstrong
Birth: December 31, 1877 29 22Washington, Texas, United States
Death: October 15, 1904Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary A Armstrong
Birth: July 7, 1880 32 25Texas, United States
Death: September 13, 1880Texas, United States
14 months
elder brother
Henry Franklin Armstrong
Birth: August 27, 1881 33 26Brenham, Washington, Texas, United States
Death: May 30, 1964Merkel, Taylor, Texas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mary Edna Armstrong
Birth: February 9, 1884 35 29Coryell, Coryell, Texas, United States
Death: July 7, 1973Nolan, Texas, United States
3 years
elder brother
Andrew L Armstrong
Birth: September 12, 1886 38 31Texas, United States
Death: October 22, 1886Texas, United States
17 months
elder sister
Nora M Armstrong
Birth: February 21, 1888 39 33Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: January 16, 1896Nolan, Texas, United States
3 years
himself
Emmett Clinton ArmstrongEmmett Clinton Armstrong
Birth: October 13, 1890 42 35Taylor, Texas, United States
Death: May 26, 1963Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Wayne Armstrong
Birth: September 9, 1893 45 38Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: September 19, 1983Erath, Texas, United States
4 years
younger brother
Charles M Armstrong
Birth: April 9, 1897 49 42Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: May 6, 1897Nolan, Texas, United States
16 months
younger brother
Archie F Armstrong
Birth: July 29, 1898 50 43Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: September 19, 1898Nolan, Texas, United States

Emmett Clinton Armstrong has 13 first cousins recorded