The Shemwell Family

Floy HurtAge: 89 years19081997

Name
Floy Hurt
Given names
Floy
Surname
Hurt
Married name
Floy Phillips
Birth March 28, 1908
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Bobbie Joe Phillips
June 23, 1929 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sonBobbie Joe Phillips
June 24, 1929 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 4, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 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 37 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 husbandEsbon Layton Phillips
February 22, 1983 (Age 74 years)
Death April 2, 1997 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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Floy Hurt
Birth: March 28, 1908Kentucky, United States
Death: April 2, 1997Jefferson, Texas, United States
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husband
Esbon Layton Phillips
Birth: August 11, 1905 30 22Kentucky, United States
Death: February 22, 1983Christian, Kentucky, United States
herself
Floy Hurt
Birth: March 28, 1908Kentucky, United States
Death: April 2, 1997Jefferson, Texas, United States
son
Bobbie Joe Phillips
Birth: June 23, 1929 23 21Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 24, 1929Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Esbon Layton Phillips - Household

Reservoir Avenue Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Phillips, EsbonheadMW24M22KYKYKYElectrical EngineerIce Plant
Phillips, FloywifeFW22M20KYKYKY