Millard Sherman KnightAge: 70 years1916–1987
- Name
- Millard Sherman Knight
- Given names
- Millard Sherman
- Surname
- Knight
 Birth | April 27, 1916 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: 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 8 months)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 20 months)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 13 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Barbara Lou Knight March 5, 1940 (Age 23 years) |
 Census | April 24, 1940 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | James Merrill Knight June 25, 1948 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 son | James Merrill Knight August 20, 1972 (Age 56 years) Cause: Accidental Drowning |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 | February 8, 1987 (Age 70 years) |
| Family with Eva Lou Westerfield |
| himself |
Millard Sherman Knight Birth: April 27, 1916 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1987 — Montgomery, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Eva Lou Westerfield Birth: May 10, 1921 31 21 — Echols, Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: April 17, 1997 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| daughter |
Barbara Lou Knight Birth: March 5, 1940 23 18 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: January 30, 2009 — Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |
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James Merrill Knight Birth: June 25, 1948 32 27 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: August 20, 1972 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| Russell E Myers + Eva Lou Westerfield |
| wife’s husband |
Russell E Myers Birth: July 29, 1922 — New Marion, Ripley, Indiana, United States Death: June 8, 2011 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Eva Lou Westerfield Birth: May 10, 1921 31 21 — Echols, Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: April 17, 1997 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: July 14, 1986 — Kentucky, United States |