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Leroy Sessler ReedAge: 86 years19121999

Name
Leroy Sessler Reed
Given names
Leroy Sessler
Surname
Reed
Birth June 30, 1912 35 31
Birth of a brotherDavid Eddleman Reed
June 19, 1915 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 1, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherDavid Jones Eddleman
November 15, 1922 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 1930 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Jane Daugherty
December 14, 1943 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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
Death of a fatherCharles Leroy Reed
January 2, 1949 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 motherOra V Eddleman
June 19, 1968 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 5, 1999 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lakeway Memorial Gardens
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father
mother
Ora V Eddleman
Birth: September 17, 1880 46 32Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
Death: June 19, 1968Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: April 6, 1904Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
elder brother
Charles Reed
Birth: 1906 28 25Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 9, 1906Oklahoma, United States
5 years
elder sister
Infant Reed
Birth: 1910 32 29Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 6, 1910Oklahoma, United States
3 years
himself
Leroy Sessler Reed
Birth: June 30, 1912 35 31Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 5, 1999Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
David Eddleman Reed
Birth: June 19, 1915 38 34Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 22, 1999Hillsborough, Florida, United States

Leroy Sessler Reed has 9 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Leroy Reed - Household

ED 90 Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Reed, Charles LheadOFMW42MYesYesPATXPAYesLease ManOil CoW
Reed, Ora EwifeFW37MYesYesTXKYMOYesNoneOwn House
Reed, RaysonMW7SYesYesYesOKPAOKYesNone
Reed, DavidsonMW4SOKPAOKYesNone
Mrs Clara L ReedmotherFW65WDYesYesPAPAPAYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Leroy Reed - Household

Ed 14 Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Reed, Charles LheadR40RNoMW52M27NoPAPAPAYesState managerOil CoWYes
Reed, Ova EwifeFW45M20NoTXKYMOYesNone
Reed, Roy SsonMW17SYesOKPATXYesNone
Reed, David EsonMW14SYesOKPATXYesNone
Eddleman, Harold TnephewMW21SYesOKTXMOYesNone