Thomas P Sights1907–
- Name
- Thomas P Sights
- Given names
- Thomas P
- Surname
- Sights
 Birth | about 1907 25 26 |
 Birth of a half-brother | Joseph Algie Shemwell October 5, 1911 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Neth Pauline Shemwell July 8, 1915 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 | February 17, 1920 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 43 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 | Mattie Lee Church January 25, 1959 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lizzie Mae Sights December 3, 1973 (Age 66 years) Cause: Heart |
| Burial of a sister | Lizzie Mae Sights December 5, 1973 (Age 66 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairmont Cemetery |
| Death of a half-brother | Joseph Algie Shemwell June 11, 1975 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 half-sister | Neth Pauline Shemwell March 21, 2000 (Age 93 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Leonard Sights Birth: August 4, 1881 Death: February 8, 1906 |
| mother |
Mattie Lee Church Birth: March 23, 1880 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 25, 1959 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: October 10, 1900 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Lizzie Mae Sights Birth: November 15, 1901 20 21 Death: December 3, 1973 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
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6 years himself |
Thomas P Sights Birth: about 1907 25 26 Death: |
| Mother’s family with William Hedger Shemwell |
| step-father |
William Hedger Shemwell Birth: October 2, 1876 35 31 — Marion, Kentucky, United States Death: December 26, 1949 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Mattie Lee Church Birth: March 23, 1880 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 25, 1959 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| half-brother |
Joseph Algie Shemwell Birth: October 5, 1911 35 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 11, 1975 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Neth Pauline Shemwell Birth: July 8, 1915 38 35 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: March 21, 2000 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| half-sister |
Private |