Benjamin Lewis ChastainAge: 98 years1882–1981
- Name
- Benjamin Lewis Chastain
- Given names
- Benjamin Lewis
- Surname
- Chastain
 Birth | December 13, 1882 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 |
 Marriage | Lena Amanda Dudley — View this family October 24, 1906 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Herbert Dudley Chastain August 13, 1907 (Age 24 years) |
 Census | May 6, 1910 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Sherman Hershel Chastain October 29, 1912 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Herbert Dudley Chastain — Lucy Adella Collins — View this family November 26, 1925 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lena Mae Chastain October 6, 1926 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 46 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 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Arnold Burl Chastain August 16, 1932 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Sherman Hershel Chastain — Mildred Louise Suttle — View this family June 10, 1933 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 67 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 wife | Lena Amanda Dudley December 12, 1974 (Age 91 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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 | January 15, 1981 (Age 98 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Centerton Cemetery |
| Family with Lena Amanda Dudley |
| himself |
Benjamin Lewis Chastain Birth: December 13, 1882 — Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States Death: January 15, 1981 — Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Lena Amanda Dudley Birth: March 3, 1885 33 25 — Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States Death: December 12, 1974 — Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 24, 1906 — Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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10 months son |
Herbert Dudley Chastain Birth: August 13, 1907 24 22 — Garland, Benton, Arkansas, United States Death: June 3, 1991 — Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years son |
Sherman Hershel Chastain Birth: October 29, 1912 29 27 — Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States Death: November 29, 2013 — Cassville, Barry, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Lewis Chastain - Household
Garland, Benton, Arkansas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Lewis Chastain - Household
1920 Garland, Benton, Arkansas - Louis Chastain
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Lewis Chastain - Household
Centerton, Benton, Arkansas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Lewis Chastain - Household
Centerton, Benton, Arkansas
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