The Shemwell Family

Lester Crockett1885

Name
Lester Crockett
Given names
Lester
Surname
Crockett
Birth February 1885 33 29
Birth of a sisterMabel Crockett
June 1889 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 years)
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
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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/
Death of a half-brotherRobert Milton Crockett
July 25, 1925 (Age 40 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Death of a fatherJohn P Crockett
June 7, 1929 (Age 44 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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
Death of a motherRuth Jackson
March 22, 1931 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 64 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 half-sisterMary Belle “Mollie” Crockett
November 14, 1955 (Age 70 years)
Death of a half-sisterCornelia N Crockett
April 11, 1963 (Age 78 years)
Burial of a half-sisterCornelia N Crockett
April 13, 1963 (Age 78 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Englewood Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Ruth Jackson
Birth: October 29, 1855Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 22, 1931Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 1, 1882Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
himself
4 years
younger sister
Mabel Crockett
Birth: June 1889 37 33Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
Father’s family with Alice Cramer - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: 1873Missouri, United States
2 years
half-sister
Mary Belle “Mollie” Crockett
Birth: 1874 22 17Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1955Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
16 months
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
Cornelia N Crockett
Birth: April 24, 1878 26 21Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 11, 1963Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States
21 months
half-sister
Stella J Crockett
Birth: February 3, 1880 28 23Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 25, 1881Cooper, Missouri, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John P Crockett - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Crockett, John PheadWMDec185148M17MOMOKYfarmer
Crockett, Ruth JwifeWFOct185742M1732MOEnglandMO
Crockett, LestersonWMFeb188515SMOMOMO
Crockett, MabeldaughterWFJun188911SMOMOMO
Crockett, NeliadaughterWFApr187822SMOMOMO