The Shemwell Family

Arvil F DriskillAge: 69 years19041974

Name
Arvil F Driskill
Given names
Arvil F
Surname
Driskill
Birth September 27, 1904 27 23
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 paternal grandfatherRobert William Driskill
March 14, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Mollie Gilbert
October 29, 1935 (Age 31 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 motherRosa Alice Richmond
April 20, 1957 (Age 52 years)
Death of a fatherConnie Robert “Meits” Driskill
February 4, 1969 (Age 64 years)
Death of a wifeGladys M Borders
July 26, 1970 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 12, 1974 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 25, 1899Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years
elder sister
2 years
himself
Arvil F Driskill
Birth: September 27, 1904 27 23Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 12, 1974Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Family with Gladys M Borders - View this family
himself
Arvil F Driskill
Birth: September 27, 1904 27 23Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 12, 1974Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
wife
Gladys M Borders
Birth: May 27, 1911Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 26, 1970Todd, Kentucky, United States
son
Private

Arvil F Driskill has 8 first cousins recorded