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Lucy Matilda SharpAge: 87 years19031991

Name
Lucy Matilda Sharp
Given names
Lucy Matilda
Surname
Sharp
Married name
Lucy Matilda Richardson
Birth October 8, 1903
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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/
MarriageHiram Emory RichardsonView this family
September 19, 1924 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Joe Ray Richardson
October 15, 1926 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 19, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 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 husbandHiram Emory Richardson
October 1963 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 February 24, 1991 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maguire-Fairview Cemetery
Family with Hiram Emory Richardson - View this family
husband
Hiram Emory Richardson
Birth: 1901 37 39Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 1963Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Lucy Matilda Sharp
Birth: October 8, 1903Tennessee, United States
Death: February 24, 1991Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: September 19, 1924Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
son
Joe Ray Richardson
Birth: October 15, 1926 25 23Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 4, 2017Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Hiram Emory Richardson - Household

Sec 12 Davis, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Richardson, Hiram EheadMW28M21OKMOMOLaborerLumber Yard
Richardson, Lucy MwifeFW26M20TNTNTN
Richardson, Joe RsonMW3-5mSOKOKTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Hiram Emory Richardson - Household

325 N. Florence Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Richardson, EmoryheadMW39MOKsame placeAttendantGasoline Station
Richardson, LucyXwifeFW37MTNsame place
Richardson, Joe RaysonMW13SOKsame place