The Shemwell Family

Joe B WilsonAge: 71 years19191990

Name
Joe B Wilson
Given names
Joe B
Surname
Wilson
Birth August 17, 1919
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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
Birth of a son
#1
Joe Prentice Wilson
January 19, 1939 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Doris Ann Wilson
June 7, 1944 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 30 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 26 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 November 11, 1990 (Age 71 years)

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himself
wife
Edith Wyatt
Birth: January 5, 1920 41 35Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 21, 1998Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States
son
Joe Prentice Wilson
Birth: January 19, 1939 19 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 8, 2002
son
Private
daughter
Doris Ann Wilson
Birth: June 7, 1944 24 24Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 2, 2001Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States