The Shemwell Family

Vernon WhitescarverAge: 72 years18891962

Name
Vernon Whitescarver
Given names
Vernon
Surname
Whitescarver
Birth May 23, 1889
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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
Birth of a son
#1
Clarence William Whitescarver
May 22, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Edgar Estill Whitescarver
August 29, 1915 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#3
Otis Sherdion Whitescarver
November 8, 1918 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 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 28 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/
Birth of a son
#4
Elmer L Whitescarver
June 20, 1921 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Ailea Catherine “Elsie” Whitescarver
August 24, 1924 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Vernon O'Dell Whitescarver
August 9, 1927 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 grandson
#1
Estill Lee Whitescarver
April 4, 1938 (Age 48 years)
Death of a grandsonEstill Lee Whitescarver
June 20, 1938 (Age 49 years)

Census May 3, 1940 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Shirley Whitescarver
December 18, 1943 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 60 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 56 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 March 22, 1962 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fitzhugh Cemetery
Family with Nellie O Hopkins - View this family
himself
wife
son
Clarence William Whitescarver
Birth: May 22, 1910 20 19Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 21, 1999Virginia, United States
5 years
son
3 years
son
Otis Sherdion Whitescarver
Birth: November 8, 1918 29 28Kentucky, United States
Death: February 12, 2012Florida, United States
3 years
son
Elmer L Whitescarver
Birth: June 20, 1921 32 30Kentucky, United States
Death: February 2, 2001Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Ailea Catherine “Elsie” Whitescarver
Birth: August 24, 1924 35 34Kentucky, United States
Death: November 2, 1995Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
Vernon O'Dell Whitescarver
Birth: August 9, 1927 38 37Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 2, 2013Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States
son
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