The Shemwell Family

Leether Franklin SkillernAge: 89 years18741963

Name
Leether Franklin Skillern
Given names
Leether Franklin
Surname
Skillern
Birth April 5, 1874
MarriageWillette Estelle McReynoldsView this family
unknown

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
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
MarriageWillette Estelle McReynoldsView this family
1899 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Leta Mae Skillern
February 2, 1902 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Floanna Estelle Skillern
June 10, 1904 (Age 30 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Wilma Irene Swafford
November 9, 1926 (Age 52 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Walter Lether Swafford
July 20, 1935 (Age 61 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 66 years)
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
Death of a wifeWillette Estelle McReynolds
February 22, 1963 (Age 88 years)
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 April 11, 1963 (Age 89 years)
Family with Willette Estelle McReynolds - View this family
himself
wife
Willette Estelle McReynolds
Birth: November 22, 1878Tennessee, United States
Death: February 22, 1963Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: 1899Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
3 years
daughter
Leta Mae Skillern
Birth: February 2, 1902 27 23Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 26, 1976Cantonment, Escambia, Florida, United States
2 years
daughter
Floanna Estelle Skillern
Birth: June 10, 1904 30 25Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 27, 1973Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

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