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George Omer MorrisonAge: 44 years18941938

Name
George Omer Morrison
Given names
George Omer
Surname
Morrison
Birth August 24, 1894
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 years)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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 35 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
MarriageLillie Rebecca AcuffView this family
October 20, 1934 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Millard Melvin Morrison
December 3, 1934 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lilly Jeanette “Jan” Morrison
October 19, 1936 (Age 42 years)
Death October 16, 1938 (Age 44 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Little Rock National Cemetery
Family with Lillie Rebecca Acuff - View this family
himself
George Omer Morrison
Birth: August 24, 1894Kingbee, Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: October 16, 1938Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
wife
Marriage: October 20, 1934Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
1 month
son
Millard Melvin Morrison
Birth: December 3, 1934 40 34Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 20, 2002North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
23 months
daughter
Lilly Jeanette “Jan” Morrison
Birth: October 19, 1936 42 36Martin Township, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 2, 2001Maumelle, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
William Stanley Cox + Lillie Rebecca Acuff - View this family
wife’s husband
William Stanley Cox
Birth: December 8, 1888Gurdon, Clark, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1960Gurdon, Clark, Arkansas, United States
wife
Marriage: December 21, 1916Clark, Arkansas, United States
Divorce: January 22, 1934Clark, Arkansas, United States
16 months
step-son
Joe D Cox
Birth: April 30, 1918 29 18Gurdon, Clark, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 23, 1989Benton, Saline, Arkansas, United States

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