The Shemwell Family

Jennings Bryan GantAge: 88 years18971986

Name
Jennings Bryan Gant
Given names
Jennings Bryan
Surname
Gant
Birth October 3, 1897 38 32
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 months)
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 18 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 19 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 20 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
Mildred Joyce Gant
December 18, 1923 (Age 26 years)
Death of a motherMary Alice Boley
June 30, 1926 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Carl Merlin Gant
November 3, 1928 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 fatherThomas A Gant
November 1, 1929 (Age 32 years)
Census April 3, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Howard Lloyd Gant
March 23, 1933 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Patricia June “Patsy” Gant
January 21, 1935 (Age 37 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 42 years)
MarriageAgnes Crystal BennettView this family
after 1940 (Age 42 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 sonCarl Merlin Gant
May 31, 1947 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 48 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 August 8, 1986 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Thomas A Gant
Birth: July 1859Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 1, 1929Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother
Mary Alice Boley
Birth: November 26, 1864Kentucky, United States
Death: June 30, 1926Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
himself
Family with Eula Mae Lyon - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
5 years
son
Carl Merlin Gant
Birth: November 3, 1928 31 25Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 31, 1947Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Howard Lloyd Gant
Birth: March 23, 1933 35 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 2004Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
22 months
daughter
Patricia June “Patsy” Gant
Birth: January 21, 1935 37 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 2017Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Family with Agnes Crystal Bennett - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: after 1940

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jennings Bryan Gant - Household

Sharon Grove & Mt. Sharon Rd Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gant, Jennings BheadMW32M22KYKYKYFarmingOn Farm
Gant, Eula MwifeFW26M16KYKYKY
Gant, Mildred JdaughterFW8SKYKYKY
Gant, Carl MsonMW1-1mSKYKYKY