The Shemwell Family

Wilton Samuel MilesAge: 61 years19071969

Name
Wilton Samuel Miles
Given names
Wilton Samuel
Surname
Miles
Birth August 21, 1907 45 26

Birth of a brotherPerry Leslie Miles
October 9, 1908 (Age 13 months)
Birth of a brotherVirgil Corbett Miles
May 27, 1911 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Clarence Miles
June 23, 1913 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Ethel Miles
November 2, 1915 (Age 8 years)
Death of a sisterMary Ethel Miles
May 11, 1916 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandmotherZerutus Doretta Morris
June 13, 1917 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterInfant Miles
October 27, 1917 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterInfant Miles
October 27, 1917 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 motherGenevieve Lee “Jennie” Stagner
January 5, 1919 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Knox Polk Stagner
July 7, 1935 (Age 27 years)
Death of a brotherVirgil Corbett Miles
September 5, 1935 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
Death of a fatherSamuel Franklin Miles
October 17, 1952 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 brotherPerry Leslie Miles
November 24, 1956 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherGrady Wilson Miles
about 1960 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 26, 1969 (Age 61 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: May 29, 1904Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Grady Wilson Miles
Birth: August 19, 1906 44 25Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: about 1960Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
1 year
himself
Wilton Samuel Miles
Birth: August 21, 1907 45 26
Death: February 26, 1969Wayne, Michigan, United States
14 months
younger brother
Perry Leslie Miles
Birth: October 9, 1908 46 27Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 24, 1956Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Virgil Corbett Miles
Birth: May 27, 1911 49 30Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 5, 1935Henry, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Joseph Clarence Miles
Birth: June 23, 1913 51 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 7, 1980Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mary Ethel Miles
Birth: November 2, 1915 53 34Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 11, 1916Henry, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Infant Miles
Birth: October 27, 1917 55 36Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 27, 1917Henry, Tennessee, United States

Wilton Samuel Miles has 40 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (40)

Parents Lonel Desmond Hargis + Mary Addie Stagner
1Arthur Hargis18861900
2James Roy Hargis18891971
Parents Joseph Clemons Ross + Maniza Jane Stagner
2Maggie Payton Ross18961918
3Sallie May Ross18981983
4Lela Vivian Ross19001933
5Joseph Samuel Ross19011987
6Edgar Free Ross19041925
7Frank Glen Ross19061992
8Reuben Gray Ross19101990
Parents William Neal Stimpson + Clementine “Clemmie” Stagner
3Ida Irene Stimpson18981992
5Samuel Stimpson19031965
7Ruth Fay Stimpson19091993
8Joe Stimpson19111974
9Louie Stimpson19131972
Parents Ira Louis Ellis + Lucy Evelyn Stagner
1Reva E Ellis19071996
3Verna Aline Ellis19161996
5William H Ellis19211963
Parents James Henry Walker + Florence Lillie Stagner
4Marvin E Walker19212009
Parents John Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell + Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner
Parents Isaac Brandon “Ike” Stagner + Annie Lee Stimson
1Morris Stagner19182001
2Gordon Stagner19211921