The Shemwell Family

Willard Samuel PanterAge: 60 years19011962

Name
Willard Samuel Panter
Given names
Willard Samuel
Surname
Panter
Birth March 9, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 son
#1
James Panter
July 27, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Melba Panter
about 1925 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mary Eva Panter
December 23, 1928 (Age 27 years)
Death of a daughterMary Eva Panter
February 8, 1929 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 15, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Wanda Joan Panter
June 16, 1933 (Age 32 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 17, 1950 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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
Marriage of a childEugene Samuel “Gene” ThomasWanda Joan PanterView this family
October 6, 1956 (Age 55 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 January 18, 1962 (Age 60 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hamilton Memorial Gardens
Family with Nellie Ruth Parham - View this family
himself
Willard Samuel Panter
Birth: March 9, 1901Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 18, 1962Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
wife
son
James Panter
Birth: July 27, 1922 21 20Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 11, 1995Neptune Beach, Duval, Florida, United States
3 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
Mary Eva Panter
Birth: December 23, 1928 27 26Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 8, 1929
daughter
Private
daughter
Wanda Joan Panter
Birth: June 16, 1933 32 31Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 26, 2019Hixson, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
son
Private

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Willard Samuel Panter - Household

407 Harper Street Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Panter, WillardheadMW29M19TNTNTNConstructionBuilding Construction
Parham, NelliewifeFW27M18TNTNTN
Panter, JamessonMW7STNTNTN
Panter, MelbadaughterFW5STNTNTN