The Shemwell Family

Claborn Floyd Wilson Sr.Age: 85 years18921977

Name
Claborn Floyd Wilson Sr.
Given names
Claborn Floyd
Surname
Wilson
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth February 6, 1892 28
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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 23 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 24 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 25 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/
Marriage of a parentThomas Ellie WilsonViola Margaret RheaView this family
April 3, 1919 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a half-brotherCordell Hull Wilson
December 19, 1919 (Age 27 years)
MarriageMaude DortonView this family
April 10, 1926 (Age 34 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Claborn Floyd “Bud” Wilson Jr.
March 16, 1927 (Age 35 years)
Death of a wifeMaude Dorton
April 12, 1927 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 9, 1930 (Age 38 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Ellie Wilson
October 28, 1932 (Age 40 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 57 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Janet M Wilson
October 29, 1955 (Age 63 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 November 23, 1977 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grassy Cove Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
himself
Claborn Floyd Wilson Sr.
Birth: February 6, 1892 28Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 23, 1977Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Viola Margaret Rhea - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: April 3, 1919
9 months
half-brother
Cordell Hull Wilson
Birth: December 19, 1919 56 30Tennessee, United States
Death: December 16, 1987
Family with Maude Dorton - View this family
himself
Claborn Floyd Wilson Sr.
Birth: February 6, 1892 28Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 23, 1977Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Maude Dorton
Birth: October 25, 1893 40 37Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 12, 1927Roane, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: April 10, 1926
11 months
son
Claborn Floyd “Bud” Wilson Jr.
Birth: March 16, 1927 35 33Tennessee, United States
Death: September 24, 2017Tennessee, United States

Claborn Floyd Wilson Sr. has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Ellie Wilson - Household

Rockwood Avenue Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wilson, Thomas EheadMW67M21TNTNTNRoad CommissionerCounty Roads
Wilson, Viola MwifeFW41M30TNTNTN
Wilson, Floyd CsonMW38Wd34TNTNTNFarmerFarm
Wilson, Cordell HsonMW10STNTNTN
Wilson, Claborn Fgrand sonMW3STNTNTN