The Shemwell Family

Leo Franklin MillerAge: 84 years19091994

Name
Leo Franklin Miller
Given names
Leo Franklin
Surname
Miller
Birth July 18, 1909 35 31
Death of a fatherHorace Franklin Miller
May 19, 1911 (Age 22 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherYoung Brigham Frost
September 28, 1916 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherMattie Lee W Frost
before 1917 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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 grandmotherMariah Katherine “Katie” Robey
September 18, 1919 (Age 10 years)
Death of a half-sisterJessie K Clark
before 1922 (Age 12 years)

Death of a half-brotherArvel Glenn Clark
January 4, 1922 (Age 12 years)
Burial of a half-brotherArvel Glenn Clark
January 6, 1922 (Age 12 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Myaamia Heritage Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 half-brotherElvey Young Clark
April 17, 1945 (Age 35 years)
Burial of a half-brotherElvey Young Clark
April 20, 1945 (Age 35 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rocky Comfort Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 36 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 April 12, 1994 (Age 84 years)
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father
Horace Franklin Miller
Birth: May 11, 1874Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: May 19, 1911Mount Pleasant, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: September 18, 1907Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
22 months
himself
Leo Franklin Miller
Birth: July 18, 1909 35 31Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 12, 1994Tulare, California, United States
Mother’s family with Elven Glenn “Elvey” Clark - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: December 18, 1892Lawrence, Missouri, United States
11 months
half-sister
Jessie K Clark
Birth: November 1893 30 15Missouri, United States
Death: before 1922
4 years
half-brother
Elvey Young Clark
Birth: June 7, 1897 34 19Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 17, 1945Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
19 months
half-brother
Arvel Glenn Clark
Birth: December 1898 35 20Hooker, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: January 4, 1922Cardin, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States