The Shemwell Family

Leonard Arthur MillerAge: 72 years19011974

Name
Leonard Arthur Miller
Given names
Leonard Arthur
Surname
Miller
Birth September 13, 1901 54 42
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Shemwell
February 1, 1903 (Age 16 months)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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
Death of a fatherFrancis M Miller
December 10, 1918 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 16 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 January 23, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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
Death of a motherLouise Jane Howe
January 8, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 48 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 sisterLucy Henley Miller
April 19, 1958 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherClarence Monroe Miller
September 12, 1960 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterRebecca Francis “Fannie” Miller
March 20, 1967 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 April 21, 1974 (Age 72 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: October 2, 1884Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
Rebecca Francis “Fannie” Miller
Birth: October 18, 1887 40 28Missouri, United States
Death: March 20, 1967Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Lucy Henley Miller
Birth: December 11, 1889 42 30Longwood, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: April 19, 1958Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
7 years
elder brother
Clarence Monroe Miller
Birth: February 23, 1897 49 38Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Death: September 12, 1960Kansas, United States
5 years
himself
Leonard Arthur Miller
Birth: September 13, 1901 54 42Ft Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Death: April 21, 1974Lebanon, Linn, Oregon, United States
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himself
Leonard Arthur Miller
Birth: September 13, 1901 54 42Ft Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Death: April 21, 1974Lebanon, Linn, Oregon, United States
wife
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Francis M Miller - Household

Heaths Creek, Pettis, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Miller, Francis MheadMW62M226KYTNKYCarpenter
Miller, LuewifeFW51M12664MOKYMO
Miller, ClarencesonMW13SKSKYMO
Miller, LeonardsonMW8SKSKYMO

Francis's 2nd marriage. -b