The Shemwell Family

Billy Leroy CorleyAge: 26 years19311958

Name
Billy Leroy Corley
Given names
Billy Leroy
Surname
Corley
Birth September 27, 1931 36 27
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 8 years)
Marriage of a parentFrank KatzenmillerAnna Lou DriskillView this family
after 1940 (Age 8 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 10 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 maternal grandfatherArthur Davis Driskill
April 25, 1949 (Age 17 years)
Note: Death Certificate says mother was Miranda Bell Shemwell
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 18 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 fatherJames Elvie Corley
October 2, 1957 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 14 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 June 21, 1958 (Age 26 years)
Cause of death: Helecopter crash
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canby Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
James Elvie Corley
Birth: June 20, 1895Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 2, 1957Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
Bobby Ray Corley
Birth: June 10, 1929 33 25White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 18, 1993Wenden, La Paz, Arizona, United States
2 years
himself
Billy Leroy Corley
Birth: September 27, 1931 36 27White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 21, 1958Fort Riley, Riley, Kansas, United States
Mother’s family with Frank Katzenmiller - View this family
step-father
Frank Katzenmiller
Birth: May 16, 1899New York, United States
Death: August 13, 1965Ohio, United States
mother
Marriage: after 1940
Family with Private - View this family
himself
Billy Leroy Corley
Birth: September 27, 1931 36 27White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 21, 1958Fort Riley, Riley, Kansas, United States
wife
Private
daughter
Private
son
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son
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son
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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Elvie Corley - Household

Yavapai, Arizona

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Corley, James EheadMW43MKYRYavapaiAZHard Rock MinerMining Ind.
Corley, Marie EXwife
Corley, James Eson
Corley, William Eson
?? , Troy Dstep son
Corley, Bobby RsonMW10SKYGreenville
Corley, Billy LsonMW8MKYGreenvilleKY
Corley, CletisbrotherPrincetonCaldwellKYHard Rock Miner