The Shemwell Family

Ira Lester DeatonAge: 94 years19092004

Name
Ira Lester Deaton
Given names
Ira Lester
Surname
Deaton
Birth December 9, 1909 23 30
Birth of a sisterAnnie Cleveland Deaton
June 6, 1916 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 19 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
#1
Glenda Bell Deaton
May 19, 1939 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 motherAnnie Belle Dunn
April 14, 1956 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Yogi David Barker
September 16, 1956 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherHarbard Cleveland Deaton
December 23, 1970 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 17, 2004 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Town of Denton Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Harbard Cleveland Deaton
Birth: April 11, 1886Allreds, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 23, 1970High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
mother
Annie Belle Dunn
Birth: March 29, 1879North Carolina, United States
Death: April 14, 1956Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage:
younger sister
Annie Cleveland Deaton
Birth: June 6, 1916 30 37Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 20, 2005Candor, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
-7 years
himself
Ira Lester Deaton
Birth: December 9, 1909 23 30Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 17, 2004High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Family with Lottie Belle Nooe - View this family
himself
Ira Lester Deaton
Birth: December 9, 1909 23 30Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 17, 2004High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
wife
Lottie Belle Nooe
Birth: September 4, 1917 25 24Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 9, 2007Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Glenda Bell Deaton
Birth: May 19, 1939 29 21Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 30, 2014Randolph, North Carolina, United States
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