The Shemwell Family

Luther John McNamesAge: 90 years19102001

Name
Luther John McNames
Given names
Luther John
Surname
McNames
Birth July 7, 1910 36 35
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 19 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 17, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 fatherJohn Morgan McNames
February 6, 1953 (Age 42 years)
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Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 motherMary Emma Bower
March 18, 1954 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 8, 2001 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
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father
John Morgan McNames
Birth: September 21, 1873Isabella, Ozark, Missouri, United States
Death: February 6, 1953Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Mary Emma Bower
Birth: February 17, 1875Jefferson, Linn, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1954Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage:
himself
Luther John McNames
Birth: July 7, 1910 36 35Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 8, 2001Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States
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himself
Luther John McNames
Birth: July 7, 1910 36 35Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 8, 2001Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Lorene Bernice Webb
Birth: August 17, 1916 41 36Beggs, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 28, 2013Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States
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