 Birth | October 29, 1896 36 19 |
 Birth of a brother | Willis Jasper Vestal Jr. July 17, 1897 (Age 8 months) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 months)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 brother | Joel Vestal September 21, 1899 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joel Vestal September 21, 1899 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr. September 30, 1907 (Age 10 years) |
 Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Francis Vestal August 26, 1910 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alice Mae Vestal March 27, 1915 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson February 21, 1916 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Religious marriage | James A “Jim” Leonard — View this family October 2, 1917 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Christine Vestal November 21, 1917 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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/ |
| Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | May Vestal Leonard January 8, 1920 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 32 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 17, 1930 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a husband | James A “Jim” Leonard February 5, 1932 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a brother | Willis Jasper Vestal Jr. March 16, 1938 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 24, 1940 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 10, 1950 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a father | Dr. Willis Jasper Vestal December 7, 1952 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 mother | Mary “May” Shemwell March 29, 1961 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 17, 1997 (Age 100 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lexington City Cemetery |