The Shemwell Family

John Jay WalkerAge: 72 years18861959

Name
John Jay Walker
Given names
John Jay
Surname
Walker
Birth July 18, 1886 27 18
Marriage of parentsElijah Frost “Lige” WalkerEmma May DunbarView this family
about 1886

Birth of a brotherWilliam Earl “Dutch” Walker
August 12, 1889 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherLee Young Walker
July 6, 1891 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterGladys Ione Walker
August 30, 1893 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherKenneth L Walker
June 27, 1895 (Age 8 years)
Death of a sisterGladys Ione Walker
November 1, 1895 (Age 9 years)
Death of a brotherKenneth L Walker
November 4, 1895 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterDoris May Walker
September 7, 1896 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
Birth of a sisterMary Edna Walker
September 20, 1899 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterMary Edna Walker
November 15, 1900 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterCecil Fay Walker
November 9, 1901 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterMaude Walker
December 21, 1904 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a sisterAbbical Frost “Abbie” Walker
November 20, 1906 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a brotherRobin Elijah Walker
about 1910 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Monroe Beaty Walker
December 20, 1910 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Adaline Frost
January 2, 1911 (Age 24 years)
Death of a fatherElijah Frost “Lige” Walker
July 21, 1914 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 motherEmma May Dunbar
January 7, 1919 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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 55 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
Death of a brotherLee Young Walker
March 16, 1952 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 59 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 May 12, 1959 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1886
7 months
himself
John Jay Walker
Birth: July 18, 1886 27 18Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 12, 1959Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Earl “Dutch” Walker
Birth: August 12, 1889 30 22Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 12, 1961Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger brother
Lee Young Walker
Birth: July 6, 1891 32 23Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 16, 1952Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Gladys Ione Walker
Birth: August 30, 1893 34 26Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1, 1895Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger brother
Kenneth L Walker
Birth: June 27, 1895 36 27Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 4, 1895Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
14 months
younger sister
Doris May Walker
Birth: September 7, 1896 37 29Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 22, 1972Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Edna Walker
Birth: September 20, 1899 40 32Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 15, 1900Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Cecil Fay Walker
Birth: November 9, 1901 42 34Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 3, 1973Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Maude Walker
Birth: December 21, 1904 45 37Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 9, 1974Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
23 months
younger sister
Abbical Frost “Abbie” Walker
Birth: November 20, 1906 47 39Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1980Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
4 years
younger brother
Robin Elijah Walker
Birth: about 1910 50 42Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 9, 1977Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States

John Jay Walker has 34 first cousins recorded