Henry Clay WhitlowAge: 77 years1894–1972
- Name
- Henry Clay Whitlow
- Given names
- Henry Clay
- Surname
- Whitlow
 Birth | June 4, 1894 37 32 |
 Birth of a brother | John Whitlow August 19, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a sister | Orpha Whitlow 1901 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell 1901 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nellie Whitlow 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a father | Ishamel Higdon Whitlow June 5, 1903 (Age 9 years) Cause: Typhoid fever (Since May 22, 1903) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | George Morton Shemwell July 29, 1904 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Military | WWI Draft Registration June 5, 1917 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 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 23 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 daughter #1 | Dorothy Sue Whitlow October 11, 1924 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nettie Whitlow February 16, 1927 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Henry Curtis “Hank” Whitlow February 20, 1940 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | April 6, 1940 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 |
| Death of a sister | Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow July 1, 1946 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 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 brother | Dorsey John Whitlow April 11, 1955 (Age 60 years) Cause: Heart attack - had surgery for acute appenticitis |
| Burial of a brother | Dorsey John Whitlow April 14, 1955 (Age 60 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery |
| Death of a sister | Flora Dell Whitlow November 19, 1959 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 | April 13, 1972 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ishamel Higdon Whitlow Birth: June 16, 1856 — Barren, Kentucky, United States Death: June 5, 1903 |
| mother |
Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell Birth: May 1862 37 31 — Missouri, United States Death: 1901 |
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Marriage: January 10, 1878 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Flora Dell Whitlow Birth: July 6, 1880 24 18 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 19, 1959 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Nellie Whitlow Birth: August 1882 26 20 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: 1902 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow Birth: April 21, 1885 28 22 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 1, 1946 |
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2 years elder brother |
Dorsey John Whitlow Birth: September 25, 1887 31 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 11, 1955 — Cassville Community Hospital, Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Nettie Whitlow Birth: May 1889 32 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 16, 1927 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Orpha Whitlow Birth: August 3, 1892 36 30 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: 1901 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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22 months himself |
Henry Clay Whitlow Birth: June 4, 1894 37 32 — Missouri, United States Death: April 13, 1972 |
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4 years younger brother |
John Whitlow Birth: August 19, 1898 42 36 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: June 30, 1983 |
| Family with Nellie Elizabeth Mercer |
| himself |
Henry Clay Whitlow Birth: June 4, 1894 37 32 — Missouri, United States Death: April 13, 1972 |
| wife |
Nellie Elizabeth Mercer Birth: October 21, 1903 — Missouri, United States Death: September 23, 2005 — Republic, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Dorothy Sue Whitlow Birth: October 11, 1924 30 20 — Missouri, United States Death: March 7, 2007 — Missouri, United States |
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Henry Curtis “Hank” Whitlow Birth: February 20, 1940 45 36 — Missouri, United States Death: September 12, 2017 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Ishamel Higdon Whitlow - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, MO
Next door to Ida Sallie's neice |