The Shemwell Family

James Elbert Farley1911

Name
James Elbert Farley
Given names
James Elbert
Surname
Farley
Birth August 28, 1911

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 18 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 30 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 38 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 34 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
MarriageGladys Opal FrenchView this family
August 28, 1980 (Age 69 years)
Death of a wifeGladys Opal French
March 2, 2004 (Age 92 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Gladys Opal French - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: August 28, 1980Fairfaxt, Atchison, Missouri, United States
Richard William Davis + Gladys Opal French - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-son
Richard Eugene Davis
Birth: June 26, 1928 36 17Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 21, 2012Missouri, United States
19 months
step-daughter
Kathleen M “Kathy” Davis
Birth: January 20, 1930 37 19Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 17, 2009St Joseph, Andrew, Missouri, United States
19 months
step-daughter
6 years
step-son
Charles Ray Davis
Birth: June 26, 1937 45 26Clearmont, Nodaway, Missouri, United States
Death: September 26, 2003St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
step-daughter
Private
step-son
Larry Dale Davis
Birth: November 11, 1943 51 33Braddyville, Page, Iowa, United States
Death: August 7, 2014St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States

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