Lillian Beatrice StaplesAge: 92 years1912–2005
- Name
- Lillian Beatrice Staples
- Given names
- Lillian Beatrice
- Surname
- Staples
- Married name
- Lillian Beatrice Mullen
 Birth | October 28, 1912 26 17 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a brother | Nevil Wallace Staples June 22, 1917 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 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 5 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 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Walton Staples October 10, 1923 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 16 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 |
| Census | April 10, 1930 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith April 22, 1930 (Age 17 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
| Census | April 2, 1940 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 husband | Clyde Mullen May 24, 1954 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | Ira Staples September 9, 1957 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lillian Birtie Shemwell January 23, 1967 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 brother | Nevil Wallace Staples October 9, 1989 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Walton Staples June 5, 2000 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | March 17, 2005 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highway Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ira Staples Birth: September 29, 1886 — Roseville, Barren, Kentucky, United States Death: September 9, 1957 — New York, United States |
| mother |
Lillian Birtie Shemwell Birth: April 17, 1895 33 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1967 |
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Marriage: October 12, 1910 — |
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7 years younger brother |
Nevil Wallace Staples Birth: June 22, 1917 30 22 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 9, 1989 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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-5 years herself |
Lillian Beatrice Staples Birth: October 28, 1912 26 17 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 2005 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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11 years younger brother |
James Walton Staples Birth: October 10, 1923 37 28 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: June 5, 2000 — Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States |
| Family with Clyde Mullen |
| husband |
Clyde Mullen Birth: June 10, 1910 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 24, 1954 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Lillian Beatrice Staples Birth: October 28, 1912 26 17 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 2005 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ira Staples - Household
Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Don Carlos Shemwell - Household
Main Street Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Clyde Mullen - Household
House facing Main Road North Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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