The Shemwell Family

William Roy SmithAge: 65 years19121978

Name
William Roy Smith
Given names
William Roy
Surname
Smith
Birth December 29, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 16 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 daughter
#1
Carol Lynn Smith
February 14, 1938 (Age 25 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 37 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 33 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 December 17, 1978 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery
Family with Mildred Virginia Yonts - View this family
himself
William Roy Smith
Birth: December 29, 1912Campbell, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 1978Fort Thomas, Campbell, Kentucky, United States
wife
Mildred Virginia Yonts
Birth: October 2, 1913 27 21Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 13, 1995Kenton, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Carol Lynn Smith
Birth: February 14, 1938 25 24Dayton, Campbell, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 26, 2002Boone, Kentucky, United States
son
Private

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Roy Smith - Household

462 Ward Ave Belleview, Campbell, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
William Roy SmithheadMW27MKYDayton, Campbell, KYGlass MoulderSign Company
Mildred SmithwifeFW26MKYDayton, Campbell, KY
Carol Lynn SmithdaughterFW2SKY