The Shemwell Family

Everett William BlairAge: 69 years19131982

Name
Everett William Blair
Given names
Everett William
Surname
Blair
Birth January 16, 1913
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 4 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 16 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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
MarriageLeila Bell KittrellView this family
March 30, 1962 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 January 26, 1982 (Age 69 years)
Family with Leila Bell Kittrell - View this family
himself
Everett William Blair
Birth: January 16, 1913Rush Springs, Grady, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 26, 1982Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: March 30, 1962Dallas, Texas, United States
Frank Leslie Purvis + Leila Bell Kittrell - View this family
wife’s husband
Frank Leslie Purvis
Birth: December 30, 1906Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 14, 2004Lane, Oregon, United States
wife
Marriage: August 22, 1931Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Divorce: June 20, 1960Coos, Oregon, United States
2 years
step-son
Lynn L Purvis
Birth: about 1933 26 20Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 24, 2012
16 months
step-son
Robert Frank Purvis
Birth: April 18, 1934 27 21Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 24, 2011

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