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Arthur Alonzo WalkerAge: 88 years18961984

Name
Arthur Alonzo Walker
Given names
Arthur Alonzo
Surname
Walker
Birth April 15, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
Religious marriageGladys Inez SissellView this family
1919 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 7, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 49 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 August 14, 1984 (Age 88 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Gladys Inez Sissell - View this family
himself
wife
Gladys Inez Sissell
Birth: September 8, 1897 35 32Mississippi, United States
Death: June 23, 1993Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Marriage: 1919Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Alonzo Walker - Household

Blount Street Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Walker, ArthurheadMW33M22MSMSMSBarberOwn Shop
Walker, GladyswifeFW31M20MSIAKSClerkR R Office

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Alonzo Walker - Household

Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Walker, ArthurheadMW44MMSSame HouseBarberBarber Shop
Walker, GladyswifeFW42MMSSame HouseStenographerSupt. Education County
Sissell, William ZFather in LawMW77WdIARuralYalobushaMSFarmerFarm