The Shemwell Family

Name
Lander Decosto “Casto” Tollett
Given names
Lander Decosto
Surname
Tollett
Nickname
Casto
Birth January 10, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
MarriageBessie Lee ParhamView this family
January 8, 1922 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorotha Lillian Tollett
November 17, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Mose Tollett
December 29, 1924 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Carl Carmack Tollett
June 30, 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
Census April 3, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Leon Tollett
June 7, 1931 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Franklin Delano Tollett
January 1, 1934 (Age 31 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 38 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 5, 1950 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sharon Lillian Kerley
February 6, 1956 (Age 54 years)
Death of a granddaughterSharon Lillian Kerley
February 6, 1956 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Walter Kirk Kerley
October 21, 1956 (Age 54 years)
Death of a grandsonWalter Kirk Kerley
October 31, 1956 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sonFranklin Delano Tollett
March 19, 1965 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 6, 1974 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tollett Cemetery
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