The Shemwell Family

Leora HoppesAge: 75 years18791954

Name
Leora Hoppes
Given names
Leora
Surname
Hoppes
Married name
Leora Wiley
Birth August 30, 1879
MarriageHerbert E WileyView this family
December 26, 1897 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
Birth of a son
#1
Glenn Kenneth Wiley
December 28, 1898 (Age 19 years)
Census June 19, 1900 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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/
Marriage of a childGlenn Kenneth WileyEdith Fay TroutmanView this family
July 20, 1926 (Age 46 years)

Note: Marriage date found on tombstone
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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
Death of a husbandHerbert E Wiley
February 23, 1943 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 70 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 66 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 December 28, 1954 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Prairie Lawn Cemetery
Family with Herbert E Wiley - View this family
husband
Herbert E Wiley
Birth: August 17, 1867Illinois, United States
Death: February 23, 1943Kansas, United States
herself
Leora Hoppes
Birth: August 30, 1879Illinois, United States
Death: December 28, 1954Falls, Chase, Kansas, United States
Marriage: December 26, 1897Kansas, United States
1 year
son
Glenn Kenneth Wiley
Birth: December 28, 1898 31 19Falls, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: August 18, 1973South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Herbert E Wiley - Household

Falls, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Wiley, George GheadWMMay183763M35INOHOHFarmerOYesYesYes
Wiley, EmmawifeWFJan184258M3521KYDEKYYesYesYes
Wiley, Herbert EsonWMAug186732M2ILINKYFarmerOYesYesYes
Wiley, Leoradaughter-in-lawWFAug187920M211INININYesYesYes
Wiley, Glenn KgrandsonWMDec18981SKSILILINNoNoYes