The Shemwell Family

Arnold Wiley BostAge: 44 years19111955

Name
Arnold Wiley Bost
Given names
Arnold Wiley
Surname
Bost
Birth May 25, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 18 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 son
#1
Wiley A Bost
August 8, 1935 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Carl Eugene Bost
June 18, 1937 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Barbara Sue Bost
October 31, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Charles Franklin Bost
November 13, 1941 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a son
#5
Thomas L “Satch” Bost
October 19, 1944 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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 34 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 27, 1955 (Age 44 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Keo Cemetery
Family with Leonora Tilley - View this family
himself
wife
Leonora Tilley
Birth: August 21, 1918 23 22Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 20, 2000Buckeye, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
son
Carl Eugene Bost
Birth: June 18, 1937 26 18Sherrill, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 12, 1997Buckeye, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
3 years
daughter
Barbara Sue Bost
Birth: October 31, 1940 29 22Sherrill, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 11, 2001Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States
daughter
Private
son
Wiley A Bost
Birth: August 8, 1935 24 16Jefferson, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 4, 2018Sherrill, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States
6 years
son
3 years
son
Thomas L “Satch” Bost
Birth: October 19, 1944 33 26Arkansas, United States
Death: July 23, 2013Arizona, United States
son
Private
son
Private
son
Private