The Shemwell Family

Eithel Ray BrownAge: 66 years18921958

Name
Eithel Ray Brown
Given names
Eithel Ray
Surname
Brown
Birth February 4, 1892
MarriageAnna Leota CarverView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 son
#1
Eithel Ray Brown Jr.
May 1, 1926 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Dr. Robert Moore Brown
August 10, 1928 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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, 1930 (Age 38 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 57 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 53 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 November 23, 1958 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
himself
Eithel Ray Brown
Birth: February 4, 1892Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 23, 1958Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Family with Anna Leota Carver - View this family
himself
Eithel Ray Brown
Birth: February 4, 1892Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 23, 1958Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Anna Leota Carver
Birth: March 1, 1895 40 44Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 3, 1990Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
son
Eithel Ray Brown Jr.
Birth: May 1, 1926 34 31Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 21, 2011St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
2 years
son

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Eithel Ray Brown - Household

College Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Brown, RayheadMW38MKYKYKYClerkRailroad
Brown, AnnawifeFW35MKYKYKY
Brown, Ray JrsonMW3-10mSKYKYKY
Brown, Robert MsonMW1-10mSKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Eithel Ray Brown - Household

324 College Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Brown, RheaheadMW48MKYSame HouseClerkRailroad
Brown, AnnieXwifeFW45MKYSame House
Brown, Rhea JrsonMW13SKYSame House
Brown, BobbysonMW11SKYSame House