Roscoe Underwood “Ross” Porter Sr.Age: 83 years1902–1986
- Name
- Roscoe Underwood “Ross” Porter Sr.
- Given names
- Roscoe Underwood
- Surname
- Porter
- Name suffix
- Sr.
- Nickname
- Ross
 Birth | March 10, 1902 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 27 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 3, 1940 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 43 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 of a wife | Mary Elizabeth McCord July 2, 1985 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | January 24, 1986 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |
| Family with Mary Elizabeth McCord |
| himself |
Roscoe Underwood “Ross” Porter Sr. Birth: March 10, 1902 — Roscoe, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States Death: January 24, 1986 — Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth McCord Birth: August 2, 1910 37 29 — Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States Death: July 2, 1985 — Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
| son |
Private |
| William B Bradford + Mary Elizabeth McCord |
| wife’s husband |
William B Bradford Birth: about 1907 Death: January 3, 1936 — Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth McCord Birth: August 2, 1910 37 29 — Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States Death: July 2, 1985 — Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: June 5, 1930 — Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |