The Shemwell Family

Tom BiggsAge: 76 years19091986

Name
Tom Biggs
Given names
Tom
Surname
Biggs
Birth November 3, 1909
MarriageOra Angeline LancasterView this family
unknown

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/
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
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 of a wifeOra Angeline Lancaster
January 4, 1979 (Age 69 years)
Death May 1986 (Age 76 years)
Family with Ora Angeline Lancaster - View this family
himself
Tom Biggs
Birth: November 3, 1909Carlisle, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1986Foley, Lincoln, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage:
Charles Ferdinand “Charlie” Kennerly + Ora Angeline Lancaster - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: December 27, 1922Stewart, Tennessee, United States
23 months
step-son
Charles Ferdinand Kennerly Jr
Birth: November 14, 1924 24 23Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: December 7, 2004Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
2 years
step-son
Robert Scott Kennerly
Birth: January 3, 1927 26 25Illinois, United States
Death: July 10, 2005Defiance, St. Charles, Missouri, United States

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