The Shemwell Family

Name
Curtis Aubrey Driskill
Given names
Curtis Aubrey
Surname
Driskill
Birth October 8, 1908 19 21
Marriage of parentsCecil Morton DriskillFlora Ethel O'NealView this family
calculated 1908

Census April 21, 1910 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth May Driskill
January 23, 1916 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 brotherPaul O'Neal Driskill
May 16, 1919 (Age 10 years)
Census January 19, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherIda May Mohon
January 14, 1929 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 2, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 paternal grandfatherArthur Davis Driskill
April 25, 1949 (Age 40 years)
Note: Death Certificate says mother was Miranda Bell Shemwell
Death of a fatherCecil Morton Driskill
June 6, 1949 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 wifeOra B Latham
July 28, 1964 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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
MarriageMarjorie Lee WhitsonView this family
October 24, 1977 (Age 69 years)

Death of a motherFlora Ethel O'Neal
October 11, 1982 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth May Driskill
December 18, 2003 (Age 95 years)
Death June 16, 2006 (Age 97 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lewisburg Cemetery
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