The Shemwell Family

Franklin Earl BarnettAge: 72 years19161988

Name
Franklin Earl Barnett
Given names
Franklin Earl
Surname
Barnett
Birth November 12, 1916
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 50 days)

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 13 months)

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 12 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
Barbara Ewing Mannahan
March 14, 1937 (Age 20 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Merriville Ann “Mary” Barnett
March 29, 1942 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ruth Elaine Barnett
April 22, 1946 (Age 29 years)
Census April 17, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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
Marriage of a childDavid Gene LancasterMerriville Ann “Mary” BarnettView this family
October 29, 1965 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
John Lacy Cline
January 4, 1967 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 9, 1988 (Age 72 years)
Family with Birdie Monica Lancaster - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Barbara Ewing Mannahan
Birth: March 14, 1937 20 21Tennessee, United States
Death: August 4, 2006Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
5 years
daughter
Merriville Ann “Mary” Barnett
Birth: March 29, 1942 25 26Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 10, 2020Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Ruth Elaine Barnett
Birth: April 22, 1946 29 30Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 18, 2018Christian, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
Private + Birdie Monica Lancaster - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Franklin Barnett - Household

Off Hwy 96 Logan, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Barnett, FranklinheadMW23MKYFarmerFarm
Lancaster, BirdiewifeFW24MKY
Barnett, Barber EdaughterFW3STN