The Shemwell Family

Elmon Sonny Johnson1908

Name
Elmon Sonny Johnson
Given names
Elmon Sonny
Surname
Johnson
Birth about 1908

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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
MarriageLutie Hilda DennyView this family
July 24, 1953 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 38 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 wifeLutie Hilda Denny
May 1981 (Age 73 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Lutie Hilda Denny - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: July 24, 1953Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Robert Thomas Rager + Lutie Hilda Denny - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-daughter
Imadean Denny Rager
Birth: June 17, 1932 22 18Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 10, 2022Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Edna Blanche Rager
Birth: August 20, 1934 24 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 3, 2020Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
step-son
Private
step-daughter
Terry Lane Rager
Birth: April 15, 1944 34 30Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 4, 1999Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

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