The Shemwell Family

Robert Lee MilbyAge: 83 years19162000

Name
Robert Lee Milby
Given names
Robert Lee
Surname
Milby
Birth June 12, 1916
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 6 months)

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 18 months)

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 13 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 25 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
Birth of a son
#1
Theodore Henry “Ted” Milby
September 12, 1946 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 29 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 sonTheodore Henry “Ted” Milby
January 2, 1998 (Age 81 years)
Death May 6, 2000 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: A.R. Dyche Memorial Park
Family with Gladys Ruth Kittrell - View this family
himself
Robert Lee Milby
Birth: June 12, 1916Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 6, 2000London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States
wife
Gladys Ruth Kittrell
Birth: August 8, 1922 34 32Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 9, 2000London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States
son
Theodore Henry “Ted” Milby
Birth: September 12, 1946 30 24Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 2, 1998Lawrenceville, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States
daughter
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daughter
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