The Shemwell Family

Hesper Elvin CarpenterAge: 79 years18951975

Name
Hesper Elvin Carpenter
Given names
Hesper Elvin
Surname
Carpenter
Married name
Hesper Elvin Falcomer
Married name
Hesper Elvin Cook
Birth September 26, 1895
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 34 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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
Religious marriageIsaiah McKinley CookView this family
September 29, 1946 (Age 51 years)
Address: Home of Reverend J.D.McLaughlin
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 50 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 September 24, 1975 (Age 79 years)
Burial September 28, 1975 (4 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stover Cemetery
Family with Isaiah McKinley Cook - View this family
husband
herself
Hesper Elvin Carpenter
Birth: September 26, 1895Fairfax, Atchison, Missouri, United States
Death: September 24, 1975Stover, Morgan, Missouri, United States
Marriage: September 29, 1946Pettis, Missouri, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
Hesper Elvin Carpenter
Birth: September 26, 1895Fairfax, Atchison, Missouri, United States
Death: September 24, 1975Stover, Morgan, Missouri, United States
Isaiah McKinley Cook + Loma Mae McLaughlin - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
step-daughter
Zola Louise Cook
Birth: May 27, 1921 20 18Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: October 13, 1981Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
9 months
step-daughter
16 years
step-son
Kenneth Eugene “Kenny” Cook
Birth: June 22, 1938 37 35Slater, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: February 1, 1999Osceola, St. Clair, Missouri, United States
step-daughter
Private

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