The Shemwell Family

John Everett KirkleyAge: 75 years19161991

Name
John Everett Kirkley
Given names
John Everett
Surname
Kirkley
Birth January 29, 1916
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 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 23 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 son
#1
Frank Everett Kirkley Sr.
January 7, 1945 (Age 28 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
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
Birth of a son
#2
Walter M Kirkley
September 9, 1956 (Age 40 years)
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 June 20, 1991 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Turner Cemetery
Family with Lillian Alvern Rushin - View this family
himself
wife
Lillian Alvern Rushin
Birth: June 14, 1921 27 28Danville, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 13, 2006Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, United States
son
Frank Everett Kirkley Sr.
Birth: January 7, 1945 28 23St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: June 12, 2003Marvell, Phillips, Arkansas, United States
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daughter
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daughter
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Walter M Kirkley
Birth: September 9, 1956 40 35Connells Point, Monroe, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 11, 2014Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, United States

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