The Shemwell Family

Sarah Belle Ross1912

Name
Sarah Belle Ross
Given names
Sarah Belle
Surname
Ross
Married name
Sarah Belle Hester
Birth about 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
MarriageCrystal Guy HesterView this family
December 21, 1927 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Howard Eugene Hester
December 21, 1928 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 18 years)
DivorceCrystal Guy HesterView this family
October 25, 1944 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Ronald David Hester
September 5, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 sonHoward Eugene Hester
October 11, 1975 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 of a husbandCrystal Guy Hester
June 28, 1982 (Age 70 years)
Death of a grandsonRonald David Hester
August 2, 2006 (Age 94 years)

Deathunknown

Family with Crystal Guy Hester - View this family
ex-husband
Crystal Guy Hester
Birth: May 5, 1905 26 23Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 28, 1982Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: December 21, 1927Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Divorce: October 25, 1944Bradley, Arkansas, United States
1 year
son
Howard Eugene Hester
Birth: December 21, 1928 23 16Arkansas, United States
Death: October 11, 1975Yolo, California, United States
Crystal Guy Hester + Denver T Childs - View this family
ex-husband
Crystal Guy Hester
Birth: May 5, 1905 26 23Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 28, 1982Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
husband’s wife
Denver T Childs
Birth: August 13, 1908Arkansas, United States
Death: February 5, 1990Jefferson, Texas, United States
step-son
Private

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Crystal Guy Hester - Household

Pennington, Bradley, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hester, Crystal GheadMW25M23ARKYARDraymanLumber Mill
Hester, Sarah Bex-wifeFW18M16ARARAR
Hester, Howard EsonMW1-3mSARARAR