The Shemwell Family

Name
Thomas Blenn Bennett
Given names
Thomas Blenn
Surname
Bennett
Birth August 21, 1902 27 27
Birth of a sisterMary Lou Bennett
April 22, 1904 (Age 20 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Wesley Sullivan
July 14, 1904 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a brotherBarney John Bennett
September 21, 1905 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJacob Samuel Bennett
March 16, 1907 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterRuby Mae Bennett
about 1908 (Age 5 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Ann “Anna” Daugherty
February 17, 1912 (Age 9 years)
Associate: George Washington Daugherty
Associate: Francis “Fanny” McGehee
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Virginia Mays
October 23, 1915 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 motherLillian May Sullivan
June 21, 1955 (Age 52 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Thomas Bennett
August 4, 1962 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherBarney John Bennett
October 28, 1970 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 8, 1972 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Zion Hill Cemetery
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