Willis Jasper Vestal Jr.Age: 40 years1897–1938
- Name
- Willis Jasper Vestal Jr.
- Given names
- Willis Jasper
- Surname
- Vestal
- Name suffix
- Jr.
 Birth | July 17, 1897 36 20 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 12 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 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson February 21, 1916 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 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 sister | Christine Vestal November 21, 1917 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 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 20 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 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 |
 Death | March 16, 1938 (Age 40 years) |
 Burial | Address: Plot: Section II Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lexington City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dr. Willis Jasper Vestal Birth: September 26, 1860 — Yadkin, North Carolina, United States Death: December 7, 1952 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Mary “May” Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1877 47 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 29, 1961 |
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Marriage: December 11, 1894 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Etta Elizabeth Vestal Birth: October 29, 1896 36 19 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 17, 1997 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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9 months himself |
Willis Jasper Vestal Jr. Birth: July 17, 1897 36 20 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 16, 1938 — Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Joel Vestal Birth: September 21, 1899 38 22 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 21, 1899 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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8 years younger brother |
Odell Shemwell Vestal Sr. Birth: September 30, 1907 47 30 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 7, 1998 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Sarah Francis Vestal Birth: August 26, 1910 49 33 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 1998 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Alice Mae Vestal Birth: March 27, 1915 54 37 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 11, 2011 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Christine Vestal Birth: November 21, 1917 57 40 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 12, 2017 — Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States |
| Family with Private |
| himself |
Willis Jasper Vestal Jr. Birth: July 17, 1897 36 20 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 16, 1938 — Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Private |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Willis J Vestal - Household
1 st. ??? Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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