The Shemwell Family

Earl Leroy YoungeAge: 70 years18991969

Name
Earl Leroy Younge
Given names
Earl Leroy
Surname
Younge
Birth January 10, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 18 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 30 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 51 years)
MarriageRuby Belle EppsView this family
August 13, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 46 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 August 21, 1969 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Poplar Bluff City Cemetery
Family with Ruby Belle Epps - View this family
himself
Earl Leroy Younge
Birth: January 10, 1899Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: August 21, 1969Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
wife
Ruby Belle Epps
Birth: July 21, 1899 25 20Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 9, 1982Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: August 13, 1950Missouri, United States
Luther Critchfield + Ruby Belle Epps - View this family
wife’s husband
Luther Critchfield
Birth: May 5, 1896Morehouse, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: January 2, 1944Butler, Missouri, United States
wife
Ruby Belle Epps
Birth: July 21, 1899 25 20Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 9, 1982Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: August 3, 1925Lake, Indiana, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Ruby Belle Epps - Household

Hammond, North, Lake, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Epps, Ruby BheadFW49WdMOWK24WaitressRestaurantP
Young, Earl LroomerMW50NevPAWK40MillrightSteel MillP