The Shemwell Family

Wilburn Calvin BrownAge: 70 years18981969

Name
Wilburn Calvin Brown
Given names
Wilburn Calvin
Surname
Brown
Birth June 4, 1898
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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 17 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 18 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 19 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
Sarah Brown
March 2, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Death of a daughterSarah Brown
March 2, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Cause: Still Birth
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorthy Violet Brown
February 23, 1921 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Roy Evans Brown
March 30, 1923 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Arnold Wilburn Brown
January 12, 1925 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 daughter
#5
Pauline Marie Brown
December 30, 1929 (Age 31 years)
Census April 4, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Ernest Martin Brown
October 27, 1931 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Carl Lee Brown
November 28, 1933 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Vera Lois Brown
December 12, 1935 (Age 37 years)
Census May 14, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Glenn Eugene Brown
October 20, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Marriage of a childEverett Lee FradyPauline Marie BrownView this family
October 14, 1950 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Wilma Joyce Frady
February 8, 1952 (Age 53 years)
Death of a granddaughterWilma Joyce Frady
February 8, 1952 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 grandson
#2
Marvin Lee Frady
August 15, 1956 (Age 58 years)
Death of a grandsonMarvin Lee Frady
December 19, 1960 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 8, 1969 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Big Lick Cemetery
Family with Ida Kerley - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Sarah Brown
Birth: March 2, 1920 21 18Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 1920Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
1 year
daughter
Dorthy Violet Brown
Birth: February 23, 1921 22 19Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 14, 2016Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Roy Evans Brown
Birth: March 30, 1923 24 21Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 8, 1991
21 months
son
Arnold Wilburn Brown
Birth: January 12, 1925 26 23Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 19, 2003Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
5 years
daughter
Pauline Marie Brown
Birth: December 30, 1929 31 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 17, 1988Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
22 months
son
Ernest Martin Brown
Birth: October 27, 1931 33 29Linary, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 29, 1990Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Carl Lee Brown
Birth: November 28, 1933 35 32Linary, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 27, 2005Saint Cloud, Osceola, Florida, United States
2 years
daughter
Vera Lois Brown
Birth: December 12, 1935 37 34Linary, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 2, 1995Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
son
Glenn Eugene Brown
Birth: October 20, 1940 42 38Linary, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 29, 1993Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Wilburn Calvin Brown - Household

Grassy Cove road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Brown, Wilburn CheadMW31M21TNTNTNLaborerGeneral Labor
Brown, IdawifeFW28M18TNTNTN
Brown, VioletdaughterFW9STNTNTN
Brown, RoysonMW7STNTNTN
Brown, ArnoldsonMW5STNTNTN
Brown, PaulinedaughterFW7mSTNTNTN