The Shemwell Family

Sidney Howard KirkwoodAge: 72 years19251998

Name
Sidney Howard Kirkwood
Given names
Sidney Howard
Surname
Kirkwood
Birth April 29, 1925
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 24 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 wifeBillie Faye Edwards
October 28, 1963 (Age 38 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 January 16, 1998 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Family with Billie Faye Edwards - View this family
himself
Sidney Howard Kirkwood
Birth: April 29, 1925Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 1998Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
wife
Billie Faye Edwards
Birth: March 14, 1930 27 19Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1963Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
Thomas Elbert Austin Jr. + Billie Faye Edwards - View this family
wife’s husband
Thomas Elbert Austin Jr.
Birth: September 11, 1917Kentucky, United States
Death: May 24, 1992Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
wife
Billie Faye Edwards
Birth: March 14, 1930 27 19Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1963Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: August 9, 1947

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