The Shemwell Family

Joseph W KeelinAge: 87 years18711959

Name
Joseph W Keelin
Given names
Joseph W
Surname
Keelin
Birth May 9, 1871 41 41
Birth of a sisterVictoria Keelin
1872 (Age 7 months)
Death of a sisterVictoria Keelin
1872 (Age 7 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a brotherJohn C Keelin
April 30, 1881 (Age 9 years)

Death of a fatherJohn Keelin
May 15, 1884 (Age 13 years)
Death of a motherJane Slaymaker
July 22, 1894 (Age 23 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam L Keelin
April 23, 1896 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
Death of a brotherA Spencer Keelin
September 24, 1899 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 58 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 sisterElizabeth Keelin
March 16, 1944 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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 78 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 74 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 1959 (Age 87 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: November 7, 1850Harrisburg, Saline, Illinois, United States
14 months
elder brother
James Keelin
Birth: 1851 21 21Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: about 1860
2 years
elder brother
Samuel M Keelin
Birth: February 15, 1853 23 23
Death: Logan, Illinois, United States
2 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
22 months
elder brother
John C Keelin
Birth: February 2, 1863 33 33Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: April 30, 1881
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
3 years
himself
Joseph W Keelin
Birth: May 9, 1871 41 41Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: January 1959California, United States
20 months
younger sister
Victoria Keelin
Birth: 1872 42 42Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: 1872Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States