The Shemwell Family

Truman Tracy AbernathyAge: 70 years19011972

Name
Truman Tracy Abernathy
Given names
Truman Tracy
Surname
Abernathy
Birth December 27, 1901 22 18
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Jefferson Eaglin
July 11, 1904 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Clayton Abernathy
November 10, 1928 (Age 26 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
Birth of a daughter
#2
Faye Marlene Abernathy
December 25, 1931 (Age 29 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Elizabeth Holland
November 9, 1941 (Age 39 years)
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
Census April 14, 1950 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherSebra Elizabeth “Lizzie” Eaglin
November 14, 1950 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherCharles Hogan “Charlie” Abernathy
April 23, 1952 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 daughterFaye Marlene Abernathy
March 15, 1971 (Age 69 years)
Death of a wifeDorothy Faye Poole
February 24, 1972 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 May 28, 1972 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flint Memorial Park
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father
mother
Sebra Elizabeth “Lizzie” Eaglin
Birth: December 11, 1883 30 30Tonti, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: November 14, 1950Farina, Fayette, Illinois, United States
Marriage: July 7, 1900Marion, Illinois, United States
18 months
himself
Truman Tracy Abernathy
Birth: December 27, 1901 22 18Sandoval, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: May 28, 1972Hale, Iosco, Michigan, United States
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himself
Truman Tracy Abernathy
Birth: December 27, 1901 22 18Sandoval, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: May 28, 1972Hale, Iosco, Michigan, United States
wife
Dorothy Faye Poole
Birth: May 17, 1907Tonti, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: February 24, 1972Venice, Sarasota, Florida, United States
son
Charles Clayton Abernathy
Birth: November 10, 1928 26 21Odin, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: September 14, 1976Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
3 years
daughter
Faye Marlene Abernathy
Birth: December 25, 1931 29 24Illinois, United States
Death: March 15, 1971Florida, United States
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