The Shemwell Family

Herschel R FaughnAge: 73 years19001974

Name
Herschel R Faughn
Given names
Herschel R
Surname
Faughn
Birth November 7, 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
MarriageMyrtle Gladys TabbView this family
about 1926 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Hilman Ray Faughn
March 17, 1927 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 4, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 wifeMyrtle Gladys Tabb
January 24, 1960 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Randy Ray Faughn
February 9, 1961 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 October 12, 1974 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Family with Myrtle Gladys Tabb - View this family
himself
Herschel R Faughn
Birth: November 7, 1900Kentucky, United States
Death: October 12, 1974Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
wife
Myrtle Gladys Tabb
Birth: July 10, 1903 25 19Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 24, 1960Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1926
14 months
son
Hilman Ray Faughn
Birth: March 17, 1927 26 23Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 24, 1994Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Herschel R Faughn - Household

Shown Grove and MT Sharon Road Sharon and Clifty, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Faughn, Herschel RheadMW29M22KYKYKYFarmingOwn Farm
Faughn, Myrtle GwifeFW26M19KYKYKY
Faughn, Hilman RsonMW3SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Herschel R Faughn - Household

Coal Bank Road Todd, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Faughn, HerschelXheadMW39MKYSame houseFamingFarm
Faughn, MyrtlewifeFW36MKYSame house
Faughn, HilmansonMW13SKYSame house