The Shemwell Family

William Thomas DaughertyAge: 90 years19102000

Name
William Thomas Daugherty
Given names
William Thomas
Surname
Daugherty
Birth June 22, 1910 44 36
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas Wisdom Daugherty
June 19, 1914 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 27, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Rebecca White
July 21, 1927 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Cecil Daugherty
August 30, 1927 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Death of a fatherRobert Lee Daugherty
February 18, 1935 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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 motherLillie Agnes Daugherty
February 17, 1959 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 sisterViola Dell Daugherty
September 16, 1986 (Age 76 years)
Death December 16, 2000 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Restlawn Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: January 9, 1905Craig, Oklahoma, United States
18 months
elder sister
Viola Dell Daugherty
Birth: July 4, 1906 40 32Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 16, 1986Arkansas, United States
4 years
elder brother
18 months
himself
William Thomas Daugherty
Birth: June 22, 1910 44 36Van Horn, Culberson, Texas, United States
Death: December 16, 2000El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Lee Daugherty - Household

Justice Precinct 2, ED 26 Culberson, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Daugherty, Robert LheadRMW54MYesYesTXMOILYesLaborerStock RancherW
Daugherty, Lilli AwifeFW44MYesYesTXARTXYes
Daugherty, Viola DelldaughterFW13SYesYesYesOKTXTXYes
Daugherty, James MsonMW11SYesYesYesTXTXTXYes
Daugherty, William TsonMW9SYesTXTXTXYes

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Lee Daugherty - Household

Precinct 2, ED 2 Culberson, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Daugherty, Robert LheadO1500NoMW65M40NoYesTXMOILYesMail CarrierPostal ServiceWYes
Daugherty, LillianwifeFW55M31NoYesTXARTXYesNone
Daugherty, William TsonMW19SNoYesTXTXTXYesTelegrapherRailroadWYes
Spencer, Viola DdaughterFW23SNoYesOKTXTXYesNone
Spencer, Dorris JgranddaughterFW0 years 3 monthsSNoTXTXOKNone