The Shemwell Family

Kirk Owen BrackettAge: 34 years18981932

Name
Kirk Owen Brackett
Given names
Kirk Owen
Surname
Brackett
Birth February 27, 1898
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 days)
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 17 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageClara Elizabeth ShamelView this family
September 7, 1918 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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 19 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/
Census January 5, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Gilbert Owen Brackett
April 12, 1921 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 16, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Death August 8, 1932 (Age 34 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery
Family with Clara Elizabeth Shamel - View this family
himself
Kirk Owen Brackett
Birth: February 27, 1898Missouri, United States
Death: August 8, 1932Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: September 7, 1918Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Gilbert Owen Brackett
Birth: April 12, 1921 23 24Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: May 11, 1998San Bernardino, California, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Kirk Owen Brackett - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Brackett, KirkheadMW21MMOMOMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Brackett, Clara LwifeFW23MMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Kirk Owen Brackett - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Brackett, KirkheadMW32M20MOUSMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Brackett, ClarawifeFW33M21MOMOMO
Brackett, GilbertsonMW9SMOMOMO