The Shemwell Family

Robert Taylor KeelinAge: 84 years18741958

Name
Robert Taylor Keelin
Given names
Robert Taylor
Surname
Keelin
Birth January 5, 1874 36 33
MarriageSarah EmelineView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherMarcus Fayette Keelin
October 22, 1876 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherMarcus Fayette Keelin
November 12, 1876 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 sisterLauretta Jane Keelin
June 26, 1895 (Age 21 years)

MarriageSarah HaleView this family
March 17, 1898 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 motherSarah Elizabeth Laswell
December 26, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge William Keelin
August 8, 1908 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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/
Death of a brotherHugh Francis Keelin
July 30, 1921 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 67 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 75 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 71 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 August 20, 1958 (Age 84 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 29, 1860
10 months
elder brother
Jesse Keelin
Birth: February 1, 1861 23 20Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: February 1, 1861Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
13 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Willis Edgar Keelin
Birth: March 11, 1865 27 24Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Hugh Francis Keelin
Birth: February 28, 1871 33 30Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: July 30, 1921Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
3 years
himself
Robert Taylor Keelin
Birth: January 5, 1874 36 33Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: August 20, 1958Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Marcus Fayette Keelin
Birth: October 22, 1876 39 36Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: November 12, 1876Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Family with Sarah Emeline - View this family
himself
Robert Taylor Keelin
Birth: January 5, 1874 36 33Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: August 20, 1958Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
wife
Marriage:
Family with Sarah Hale - View this family
himself
Robert Taylor Keelin
Birth: January 5, 1874 36 33Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: August 20, 1958Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
wife
Marriage: March 17, 1898

Robert Taylor Keelin has 38 first cousins recorded