John Litton Kemmer Sr.Age: 99 years1905–2004
- Name
- John Litton Kemmer Sr.
- Given names
- John Litton
- Surname
- Kemmer
- Name suffix
- Sr.
 Birth | April 5, 1905 36 34 |
 Death of a brother | Ranie Clyde Kemmer July 21, 1907 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ava Lee Kemmer May 21, 1909 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Cleo Kemmer December 25, 1911 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Emmett Kemmer Jr December 7, 1914 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/ |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Johnson Parham June 7, 1919 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Elizabeth Ford March 17, 1927 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 24 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 7, 1930 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Lawrence Dale Kemmer September 29, 1934 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Wanda Pauline “Polly” Kemmer February 7, 1937 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Ruth Carol Kemmer April 1, 1944 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eva Lesta Parham July 25, 1944 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 6, 1950 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | John Litton Kemmer Jr August 1, 1951 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 father | Robert E Kemmer December 17, 1954 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Gregory Keith Robbins September 15, 1964 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a son | John Litton Kemmer Jr October 31, 1968 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles Oscar Kemmer July 23, 1975 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 of a sister | Jennie O Kemmer February 15, 1976 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer September 6, 1976 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Lou Bristow March 30, 1994 (Age 88 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary O Kemmer 1994 (Age 88 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Gregory Keith Robbins October 25, 2000 (Age 95 years) |
 Death | December 20, 2004 (Age 99 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grassy Cove Methodist Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert E Kemmer Birth: April 10, 1868 39 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 17, 1954 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Eva Lesta Parham Birth: March 13, 1871 23 22 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 25, 1944 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1892 — |
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2 years elder brother |
Ranie Clyde Kemmer Birth: December 22, 1893 25 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 21, 1907 — Tennessee, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Charles Oscar Kemmer Birth: September 29, 1894 26 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 23, 1975 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Mary O Kemmer Birth: August 1896 28 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1994 |
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3 years elder sister |
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer Birth: January 5, 1900 31 28 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 6, 1976 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Jennie O Kemmer Birth: July 10, 1902 34 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 15, 1976 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years himself |
John Litton Kemmer Sr. Birth: April 5, 1905 36 34 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 2004 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Ava Lee Kemmer Birth: May 21, 1909 41 38 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 6, 2007 |
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3 years younger sister |
Cleo Kemmer Birth: December 25, 1911 43 40 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 16, 2011 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Emmett Kemmer Jr Birth: December 7, 1914 46 43 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 2014 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Mary Lou Bristow |
| himself |
John Litton Kemmer Sr. Birth: April 5, 1905 36 34 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 2004 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Mary Lou Bristow Birth: December 3, 1911 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 30, 1994 |
| son |
Lawrence Dale Kemmer Birth: September 29, 1934 29 22 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 28, 2020 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Wanda Pauline “Polly” Kemmer Birth: February 7, 1937 31 25 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 2022 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Ruth Carol Kemmer Birth: April 1, 1944 38 32 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: January 8, 2017 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
Private |
| son |
John Litton Kemmer Jr Birth: August 1, 1951 46 39 Death: October 31, 1968 |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household
Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household
Grassy Cove Road Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Litton Kemmer Sr. - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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