The Shemwell Family

Garland Frost Hurst Sr.Age: 62 years18871949

Name
Garland Frost Hurst Sr.
Given names
Garland Frost
Surname
Hurst
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth June 2, 1887 34 27
Birth of a brotherThurman Scott Hurst
April 28, 1889 (Age 22 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam English Frost
June 19, 1889 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterBeulah Josephine Hurst
June 2, 1891 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Simpson Hurst
March 22, 1894 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 years)
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 28 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 29 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 30 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/
Death of a brotherWaldo Ross Hurst Sr.
September 14, 1928 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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
Death of a fatherWinfield Scott Hurst
January 12, 1941 (Age 53 years)
Death of a motherEmma Josephine Frost
September 27, 1944 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 October 4, 1949 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: April 16, 1882Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
16 months
elder sister
Mable Clara Hurst
Birth: August 14, 1883 30 23Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: November 23, 1962Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
21 months
elder brother
Waldo Ross Hurst Sr.
Birth: May 8, 1885 32 25Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 14, 1928Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
himself
Garland Frost Hurst Sr.
Birth: June 2, 1887 34 27Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: October 4, 1949Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
23 months
younger brother
Thurman Scott Hurst
Birth: April 28, 1889 36 29Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 12, 1975Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger sister
Beulah Josephine Hurst
Birth: June 2, 1891 38 31Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 14, 1950Tulare, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Simpson Hurst
Birth: March 22, 1894 41 34Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 8, 1964Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States

Garland Frost Hurst Sr. has 15 first cousins recorded