The Shemwell Family

Carl Leonard BrightwellAge: 45 years18961942

Name
Carl Leonard Brightwell
Given names
Carl Leonard
Surname
Brightwell
Birth December 25, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 19 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 20 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 21 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/
MarriageDorothy Duffle GrayView this family
January 2, 1923 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 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 April 28, 1942 (Age 45 years)
Family with Dorothy Duffle Gray - View this family
himself
Carl Leonard Brightwell
Birth: December 25, 1896Missouri, United States
Death: April 28, 1942Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
wife
Dorothy Duffle Gray
Birth: March 16, 1901 29 23Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 25, 1980Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: January 2, 1923Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Herbert Franklin Jackson + Dorothy Duffle Gray - View this family
wife’s husband
Herbert Franklin Jackson
Birth: December 22, 1903Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 15, 1986Yuba City, Sutter, California, United States
wife
Dorothy Duffle Gray
Birth: March 16, 1901 29 23Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 25, 1980Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: June 3, 1951Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

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