The Shemwell Family

Wesley Clayton WrightAge: 79 years19051985

Name
Wesley Clayton Wright
Given names
Wesley Clayton
Surname
Wright
Birth May 29, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
MarriageSarah Alma KittrellView this family
October 14, 1928 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Chester Clayton Wright
October 11, 1929 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 1, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Gary Dan Wright
June 23, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 40 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 March 1, 1985 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kelseyville Cemetery
Family with Sarah Alma Kittrell - View this family
himself
Wesley Clayton Wright
Birth: May 29, 1905Berryville, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 1, 1985Kelseyville, Lake, California, United States
wife
Sarah Alma Kittrell
Birth: July 5, 1912 24 22Green Forest, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 6, 1990Kelseyville, Lake, California, United States
Marriage: October 14, 1928Burden, Cowley, Kansas, United States
1 year
son
Chester Clayton Wright
Birth: October 11, 1929 24 17Kansas, United States
Death: April 1, 2012
11 years
son
Gary Dan Wright
Birth: June 23, 1940 35 27Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: March 4, 2000

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Clayton Wright - Household

King City, Monterey, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Wright, WesleyheadMW34MARRCowleyKSForemanAlfalfa Ranch
Wright, AlmaXwifeFW27MARRCowleyKS
Wright, ChestersonMW10SKSRCowleyKS