The Shemwell Family

Robert Edward BrooksAge: 38 years19211959

Name
Robert Edward Brooks
Given names
Robert Edward
Surname
Brooks
Birth May 2, 1921
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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 20 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
Birth of a son
#1
Preston Jacobs Brooks
June 27, 1952 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 28 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 24 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, 1959 (Age 38 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Family with Lena Jenelle Jacobs - View this family
himself
Robert Edward Brooks
Birth: May 2, 1921Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 23, 1959Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
wife
Lena Jenelle Jacobs
Birth: December 5, 1925 24 26Iredell, Bosque, Texas, United States
Death: February 23, 2017Carthage, Panola, Texas, United States
son
Preston Jacobs Brooks
Birth: June 27, 1952 31 26Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 7, 1994Palm Beach, Florida, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private

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