The Shemwell Family

Name
James Cook Cuthbert
Given names
James Cook
Surname
Cuthbert
Birth April 17, 1913 23 21
Marriage
Never Married

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 sisterFay Elizabeth Cuthbert
November 21, 1917 (Age 4 years)
Death of a sisterFay Elizabeth Cuthbert
December 7, 1917 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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 brotherJohn Leland Cuthbert
February 20, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherMack Kenneth Cuthbert
August 30, 1925 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherMack Kenneth Cuthbert
April 23, 1926 (Age 13 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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 maternal grandfatherJohn William “J.W.” Cook
December 2, 1954 (Age 41 years)
Death of a motherIrene A Cook
November 17, 1959 (Age 46 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Emma Cornine
May 10, 1960 (Age 47 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Leland Cuthbert
February 5, 1962 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Alexander Cuthbert
November 19, 1964 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 May 23, 1986 (Age 73 years)
Burial May 27, 1986 (4 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Topeka Cemetery
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