The Shemwell Family

Clarence ThompsonAge: 82 years19001982

Name
Clarence Thompson
Given names
Clarence
Surname
Thompson
Birth January 30, 1900 19 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
MarriageRebecca Lorena “Rena” BreezeelView this family
calculated 1923 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Ina Jo Thompson
August 21, 1924 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 son
#2
Billy Ray Thompson
February 25, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Death of a daughterIna Jo Thompson
May 14, 1939 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 fatherVan Turner Thompson
April 19, 1950 (Age 50 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 45 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 motherMinnie Evelyn Darnell
August 9, 1981 (Age 81 years)

Death July 27, 1982 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ford Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
himself
Family with Rebecca Lorena “Rena” Breezeel - View this family
himself
wife
Rebecca Lorena “Rena” Breezeel
Birth: October 24, 1902 34 23Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 4, 1993Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: calculated 1923
20 months
daughter
Ina Jo Thompson
Birth: August 21, 1924 24 21Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 14, 1939Marshall, Kentucky, United States
6 years
son
Billy Ray Thompson
Birth: February 25, 1930 30 27Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 8, 1989Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Thompson - Household

Dist. 4 Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Clarence ThompsonheadMW30M23KYKYKYFarmerFarm
Lorena ThompsonwifeFW27M20KYKYKY
Ina J ThompsondaughterFW5SKYKYKY
Billy R ThompsonsonMW0SKYKYKY