The Shemwell Family

Hampton Henry Book Jr.Age: 88 years19132001

Name
Hampton Henry Book Jr.
Given names
Hampton Henry
Surname
Book
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth February 10, 1913 33 24
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 16 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
Birth of a son
#1
Ashford Lee Book
September 12, 1936 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Charles Rayburn Book
June 18, 1938 (Age 25 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Henry Edward Book
December 9, 1941 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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
Census April 1, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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
Marriage of a childHenry Edward BookEthel Darlene “KC” ParrishView this family
about 1974 (Age 60 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 motherElenore Nora “Ella” Wiggers
January 4, 1977 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sonCharles Rayburn Book
October 26, 1995 (Age 82 years)
Death of a wifeMadge Lucille Ross
October 11, 1998 (Age 85 years)
Death April 9, 2001 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fernwood Cemetery
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mother
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Hampton Henry Book Jr.
Birth: February 10, 1913 33 24Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 9, 2001Henderson, Kentucky, United States
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Family with Madge Lucille Ross - View this family
himself
Hampton Henry Book Jr.
Birth: February 10, 1913 33 24Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 9, 2001Henderson, Kentucky, United States
wife
Madge Lucille Ross
Birth: October 2, 1914 47 40Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 11, 1998Henderson, Kentucky, United States
son
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son
Ashford Lee Book
Birth: September 12, 1936 23 21Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 17, 2009Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
21 months
son
Charles Rayburn Book
Birth: June 18, 1938 25 23Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 26, 1995Utica, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
4 years
son
Henry Edward Book
Birth: December 9, 1941 28 27Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 22, 2008Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
son
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son
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