The Shemwell Family

Wellsley Graham ThompsonAge: 72 years19141987

Name
Wellsley Graham Thompson
Given names
Wellsley Graham
Surname
Thompson
Birth August 2, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 months)

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 2 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 3 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 15 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
MarriageMary Elizabeth McClellanView this family
June 17, 1944 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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 31 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 wifeMary Elizabeth McClellan
October 14, 1978 (Age 64 years)
Death June 19, 1987 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery
Family with Mary Elizabeth McClellan - View this family
himself
Wellsley Graham Thompson
Birth: August 2, 1914Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Death: June 19, 1987Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
wife
Mary Elizabeth McClellan
Birth: December 17, 1921 28 19Drumright, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 14, 1978Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage: June 17, 1944Perry, Noble, Oklahoma, United States