The Shemwell Family

Clark Pitt DuncanAge: 83 years18901974

Name
Clark Pitt Duncan
Given names
Clark Pitt
Surname
Duncan
Birth July 7, 1890 24 22
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a brotherBraden Hill Duncan
October 4, 1900 (Age 10 years)
Death of a fatherWilson Pitt Duncan
September 13, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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 39 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 51 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 brotherBraden Hill Duncan
December 4, 1950 (Age 60 years)
Death of a motherSusan Cordelia Christian
September 29, 1953 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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 July 2, 1974 (Age 83 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
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father
mother
Susan Cordelia Christian
Birth: September 1867 42 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 29, 1953Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: March 3, 1887Todd, Kentucky, United States
13 months
elder sister
Rosa Claudine Duncan
Birth: April 4, 1888 22 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 18, 1981Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
himself
Clark Pitt Duncan
Birth: July 7, 1890 24 22Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 2, 1974
10 years
younger brother
Braden Hill Duncan
Birth: October 4, 1900 34 33Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 4, 1950San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States