The Shemwell Family

Alexander A BenderAge: 91 years18871979

Name
Alexander A Bender
Given names
Alexander A
Surname
Bender
Birth November 5, 1887
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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 daughter
#1
Cleta Mae Bender
January 16, 1929 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 son
#2
Billy Gene Bender
August 14, 1931 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Earl Edward Bender
November 3, 1934 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Oleta Faye Bender
August 9, 1939 (Age 51 years)
Census April 30, 1940 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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
Marriage of a childW T DearmanCleta Mae BenderView this family
September 18, 1946 (Age 58 years)
Census April 1, 1950 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 58 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 April 3, 1979 (Age 91 years)

Family with Addie Adeline Green - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Cleta Mae Bender
Birth: January 16, 1929 41 21Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 22, 2011Oklahoma, United States
3 years
son
Billy Gene Bender
Birth: August 14, 1931 43 23Brooken, Haskell, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 23, 2007Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
son
Earl Edward Bender
Birth: November 3, 1934 46 27Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 4, 2020
son
Private
daughter
Oleta Faye Bender
Birth: August 9, 1939 51 31Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 12, 2006

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