Richard WhitakerAge: 75 years1891–1966
- Name
- Richard Whitaker
- Given names
- Richard
- Surname
- Whitaker
 Birth | January 20, 1891 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 24 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 25 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 26 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 38 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 |
 Marriage | Anne Laurie Anderson — View this family about 1930 (Age 38 years) |
 Census | April 7, 1930 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1940 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 58 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 54 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 | January 24, 1966 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with Anne Laurie Anderson |
| himself |
Richard Whitaker Birth: January 20, 1891 — Mississippi, United States Death: January 24, 1966 |
| wife |
Anne Laurie Anderson Birth: 1894 — Mississippi, United States Death: March 15, 1980 |
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Marriage: about 1930 — |
| Shannon Lee Shemwell + Anne Laurie Anderson |
| wife’s husband |
Shannon Lee Shemwell Birth: March 17, 1891 21 17 — Pitman, Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: November 4, 1940 — Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Anne Laurie Anderson Birth: 1894 — Mississippi, United States Death: March 15, 1980 |
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Marriage: May 30, 1914 — Chicot, Arkansas, United States |
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9 months step-son |
Shannon Lee Shemwell Jr. Birth: March 2, 1915 23 21 — Florida, United States Death: November 27, 1961 — Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States |
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6 years step-son |
Smiley A Shemwell Birth: September 10, 1920 29 26 — Mississippi, United States Death: June 24, 1975 |
No family available
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Richard Whitaker - Household
Highway Wilkinson, Mississippi
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Richard Whitaker - Household
Wilkinson, Mississippi
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