The Shemwell Family

Chester Paul Beach Sr.Age: 76 years19101987

Name
Chester Paul Beach Sr.
Given names
Chester Paul
Surname
Beach
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth October 24, 1910 21 23
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 maternal grandfatherWinter Frost
January 29, 1925 (Age 14 years)
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The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 31 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 39 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
Death of a motherDarthula Lula Frost
October 1, 1962 (Age 51 years)
Death of a fatherChester A Beach
August 30, 1965 (Age 54 years)
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 2, 1987 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
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father
Chester A Beach
Birth: September 13, 1889Luling, Caldwell, Texas, United States
Death: August 30, 1965Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
mother
Darthula Lula Frost
Birth: October 19, 1887 46 42Seligman, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1, 1962Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: June 2, 1909Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
17 months
himself
Chester Paul Beach Sr.
Birth: October 24, 1910 21 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 2, 1987Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Chester Paul Beach Sr. has 7 first cousins recorded