The Shemwell Family

Chester Bland ToddAge: 86 years19041990

Name
Chester Bland Todd
Given names
Chester Bland
Surname
Todd
Birth May 18, 1904 30 29
Birth of a brotherRaymond Earl Todd
September 24, 1906 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRoss Lawrence Todd
March 3, 1909 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 maternal grandfatherJamison Arvin
February 18, 1925 (Age 20 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
Death of a fatherHenry Clark Todd
January 5, 1937 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 motherNancy Ann Arvin
July 9, 1964 (Age 60 years)
Death of a sisterGrace Evelyn Todd
December 29, 1964 (Age 60 years)

Death of a brotherElliott McKee “Al” Todd
November 1972 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 brotherRaymond Earl Todd
May 1976 (Age 71 years)
Death October 12, 1990 (Age 86 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: April 3, 1895Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States
15 months
elder sister
Grace Evelyn Todd
Birth: June 1896 22 21Kentucky, United States
Death: December 29, 1964
5 years
elder brother
Elliott McKee “Al” Todd
Birth: August 17, 1901 27 26Kentucky, United States
Death: November 1972Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
himself
Chester Bland Todd
Birth: May 18, 1904 30 29Kentucky, United States
Death: October 12, 1990Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Raymond Earl Todd
Birth: September 24, 1906 32 31Kentucky, United States
Death: May 1976Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger brother
Ross Lawrence Todd
Birth: March 3, 1909 35 34Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 21, 1991Coffeyville, Montgomery, Kansas, United States

Chester Bland Todd has 27 first cousins recorded