The Shemwell Family

Thomas Simpson Frost IIAge: 57 years19111968

Name
Thomas Simpson Frost II
Given names
Thomas Simpson
Surname
Frost
Name suffix
II
Birth May 30, 1911 28 28
Birth of a sisterMary Virginia “Gena” Frost
March 23, 1916 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane “Deck” Inmon
December 31, 1929 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas Simpson Frost
May 5, 1937 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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 fatherClaud Inman Frost
December 4, 1960 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherLeota Shepherd
August 4, 1968 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 September 20, 1968 (Age 57 years)
Burial September 23, 1968 (3 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Park East Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 15, 1904Spokane, Washington, United States
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
18 months
elder sister
Lucile Frost
Birth: June 17, 1909 26 26Quay, New Mexico, United States
Death: February 17, 1995
23 months
himself
Thomas Simpson Frost II
Birth: May 30, 1911 28 28Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 20, 1968Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
5 years
younger sister
Mary Virginia “Gena” Frost
Birth: March 23, 1916 32 33Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: September 18, 2001Lenexa, Johnson, Kansas, United States