The Shemwell Family

Lawrence Carl KelleyAge: 56 years18991955

Name
Lawrence Carl Kelley
Given names
Lawrence Carl
Surname
Kelley
Birth May 1, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
MarriageElizabeth Dortha CoxView this family
about 1921 (Age 21 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census
Census 1925 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 11, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 46 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 September 9, 1955 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Slater City Cemetery
Family with Elizabeth Dortha Cox - View this family
himself
Lawrence Carl Kelley
Birth: May 1, 1899Indiana, United States
Death: September 9, 1955Slater, Saline, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1921Kansas, United States
William Harvey Terhune + Elizabeth Dortha Cox - View this family
wife’s husband
William Harvey Terhune
Birth: July 25, 1919Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 27, 1953Kingman, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: August 20, 1951Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Ingram + Elizabeth Dortha Cox - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: between 1954 and 1985

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on 1930 Census
CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Lawrence Carl Kelley - Household

Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Kelley, Lawrence CheadMW25MINInternal Revenue
Kelley, Elizabeth DwifeFW24MKSNone
Kelley, Daisy MmotherFW45qsinClerk

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lawrence Carl Kelley - Household

Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Kelley, Lawrence CheadR35NoMW30M22NoYesINININYesDeputy CollectorInternal RevenueWYes
Kelley, Elizabeth DwifeFW29M20NoYesKSILIAYesNone