The Shemwell Family

John Warren ServiceAge: 79 years19091989

Name
John Warren Service
Given names
John Warren
Surname
Service
Birth October 27, 1909
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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
John Warren “Squab” Service Jr.
October 16, 1927 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 13, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 36 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 March 6, 1989 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Robert Lee Cemetery
Family with Lelia Ruth McCutchen - View this family
himself
John Warren Service
Birth: October 27, 1909Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States
Death: March 6, 1989Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States
wife
Lelia Ruth McCutchen
Birth: November 29, 1907 22 17Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States
Death: November 28, 1998Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States
son
John Warren “Squab” Service Jr.
Birth: October 16, 1927 17 19Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States
Death: January 15, 2010Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States
son
Private

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Warren Service - Household

42 Graham Valley and Robert Lee Road Coke, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Service, J WheadMW20S17TXTXTXFarmerFarm
Service, RuthwifeFW21S18TXTXTX
Service, J WsonMW2-6mSTXTXTX

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Warren Service - Household

Graham Valley Road Coke, Texas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Service, J WXheadMW30MTXSame HouseStock FarmerFarm & Ranch
Service, RuthwifeFW31MTXSame House
Service, J W JrsonMW12STXSame House