The Shemwell Family

Donald L Patterson1914

Name
Donald L Patterson
Given names
Donald L
Surname
Patterson
Birth about 1914

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 4 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 15 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 36 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
MarriageJoreece Hayden WyattView this family
April 12, 1958 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 wifeJoreece Hayden Wyatt
September 23, 2002 (Age 88 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Joreece Hayden Wyatt - View this family
himself
wife
Joreece Hayden Wyatt
Birth: December 12, 1921 32 18Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 23, 2002Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: April 12, 1958Los Angeles, California, United States
Otto Alec Burgess + Joreece Hayden Wyatt - View this family
wife’s husband
Otto Alec Burgess
Birth: January 8, 1918Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 11, 2003Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Joreece Hayden Wyatt
Birth: December 12, 1921 32 18Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 23, 2002Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
step-son
Robert Donald Burgess
Birth: April 2, 1938 20 16Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 22, 1987Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
step-daughter
Private
step-son
Douglas B Burgess
Birth: about 1942 23 20Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death:
step-daughter
Private
step-daughter
Frances Charlene Burgess
Birth: October 2, 1945 27 23Ohio, United States
Death: July 10, 2013Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
step-daughter
Private

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