The Shemwell Family

Name
James Lloyd “Jim” Wiles
Given names
James Lloyd
Surname
Wiles
Nickname
Jim
Birth December 26, 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
MarriageLucinda Cardilla “Lucy” HuffmanView this family
November 15, 1905 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Floyd Newton Wiles
March 10, 1909 (Age 22 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eula May Wiles
May 26, 1913 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Claude Luther Wiles
April 10, 1915 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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
#4
Beulah Wiles
July 10, 1919 (Age 32 years)
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Clyde Russell Wiles
November 18, 1926 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Wilburn Clifford Wiles
February 7, 1927 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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
Death of a daughterBeulah Wiles
before 1930 (Age 43 years)

Note: Not in 1930/40 Census... would have been 11. Not mentioned in Clyde's obit. -b
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Bernice Wilma Wiles
1930 (Age 43 years)
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Magalean Paulene “Maggie” Wiles
October 25, 1933 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Freda Jean Wiles
January 30, 1937 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Barbara Annette Wiles
December 19, 1939 (Age 52 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Reba Jean Wiles
November 24, 1942 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 63 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 October 15, 1967 (Age 80 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wiles Cemetery
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