The Shemwell Family

Leonard HaleAge: 84 years19051989

Name
Leonard Hale
Given names
Leonard
Surname
Hale
Birth December 14, 1905 25 25
Birth of a sisterMaxine Hale
August 31, 1907 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a sisterDelta Hale
1910 (Age 4 years)
Death of a sisterDelta Hale
1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherSamuel Aubrey Hale
June 18, 1912 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherRalph Hale
1914 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherRoger Hickman Hale
December 16, 1916 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
Birth of a brotherEdgar Cornell Hale
March 20, 1919 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 maternal grandmotherCora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham
December 18, 1934 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherSamuel Swafford
November 27, 1936 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 44 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 fatherThomas Harmon Hale
June 17, 1957 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Aubrey Hale
October 15, 1964 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 of a motherCrocia Swafford
October 25, 1983 (Age 77 years)
Death December 14, 1989 (Age 84 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: 1901Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Vera Lee Hale
Birth: March 31, 1903 22 22Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 7, 1998Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
Leonard Hale
Birth: December 14, 1905 25 25Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 14, 1989Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
21 months
younger sister
Maxine Hale
Birth: August 31, 1907 26 27Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 22, 1998Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Delta Hale
Birth: 1910 29 29Tennessee, United States
Death: 1910Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Samuel Aubrey Hale
Birth: June 18, 1912 31 31Tennessee, United States
Death: October 15, 1964Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Ralph Hale
Birth: 1914 33 33Tennessee, United States
Death: February 29, 1992
3 years
younger brother
Roger Hickman Hale
Birth: December 16, 1916 36 36Litton, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 30, 2000Anna Maria, Manatee, Florida, United States
2 years
younger brother
Edgar Cornell Hale
Birth: March 20, 1919 38 38Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 27, 1999McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States