Willis Presley KingAge: 75 years1880–1956
- Name
- Willis Presley King
- Given names
- Willis Presley
- Surname
- King
 Birth | June 28, 1880 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 years)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 |
 Marriage | Mabel Ethel Storrer — View this family April 3, 1907 (Age 26 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Frederick P King February 21, 1908 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/ |
 Census | January 11, 1920 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 49 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Frederick P King — Mildred Evelyn Snyder — View this family July 22, 1941 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 69 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 65 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 | February 20, 1956 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Family with Mabel Ethel Storrer |
| himself |
Willis Presley King Birth: June 28, 1880 — Bevier, Macon, Missouri, United States Death: February 20, 1956 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| wife |
Mabel Ethel Storrer Birth: December 1, 1883 — Lee, Monroe, Ohio, United States Death: June 27, 1980 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: April 3, 1907 — Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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11 months son |
Frederick P King Birth: February 21, 1908 27 24 — Kansas City, Platte, Missouri, United States Death: February 17, 1977 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Willis Presley King - Household
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States
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