The Shemwell Family

Thomas Jefferson KerleyAge: 75 years18861962

Name
Thomas Jefferson Kerley
Given names
Thomas Jefferson
Surname
Kerley
Birth December 22, 1886 33 29
Birth of a sisterGracie Kerley
October 26, 1889 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterGracie Kerley
November 28, 1889 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Kerley
September 26, 1891 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn W Kerley
October 22, 1892 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel Oxsheer Kerley
July 7, 1897 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterAddie Kerley
August 24, 1898 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
Birth of a sisterMartha Temple Kerley
March 1, 1899 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherCharles “Charlie” Kerley
October 4, 1908 (Age 21 years)
Death of a motherMargaret Ann Sherrill
April 11, 1912 (Age 25 years)
Death of a brotherEli Gather Kerley
April 4, 1916 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 fatherGreenberry E Kerley
July 28, 1928 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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 brotherRaymond Kerley
August 9, 1941 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 63 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 59 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 1962 (Age 75 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1876
16 months
elder brother
Eli Gather Kerley
Birth: May 1, 1877 23 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 1916Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
elder brother
Raymond Kerley
Birth: April 11, 1879 25 21Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 9, 1941Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
2 years
elder sister
Addie Kerley
Birth: April 8, 1881 27 23Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 24, 1898Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Charles “Charlie” Kerley
Birth: May 22, 1883 30 25Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 4, 1908Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Dossie Catherine Kerley
Birth: September 7, 1885 32 27Tennessee, United States
Death: February 23, 1981Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, United States
15 months
himself
Thomas Jefferson Kerley
Birth: December 22, 1886 33 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1962Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Gracie Kerley
Birth: October 26, 1889 36 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 28, 1889Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger brother
James Kerley
Birth: September 26, 1891 38 33Tennessee, United States
Death: March 6, 1972Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
13 months
younger brother
John W Kerley
Birth: October 22, 1892 39 34Tennessee, United States
Death: April 22, 1975Harriman, Roane, Tennessee, United States
6 years
younger sister
Martha Temple Kerley
Birth: March 1, 1899 45 41Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 31, 1976Kentucky, United States
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Thomas Jefferson Kerley
Birth: December 22, 1886 33 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1962Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
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