The Shemwell Family

Oscar Burton JackAge: 95 years19112007

Name
Oscar Burton Jack
Given names
Oscar Burton
Surname
Jack
Birth August 21, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 18 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
MarriageMary Lucille BryantView this family
October 29, 1934 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Phillip Eugene Jack
June 18, 1935 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Census May 18, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 wifeMary Lucille Bryant
November 11, 1969 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 wifeVirginia Lee Carpenter
February 16, 1996 (Age 84 years)
Death August 4, 2007 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Washington Cemetery
Family with Virginia Lee Carpenter - View this family
himself
wife
Virginia Lee Carpenter
Birth: November 12, 1917 27 24Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: February 16, 1996Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
Family with Mary Lucille Bryant - View this family
himself
wife
Mary Lucille Bryant
Birth: June 24, 1918Illinois, United States
Death: November 11, 1969Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 29, 1934Jackson, Missouri, United States
8 months
son
Phillip Eugene Jack
Birth: June 18, 1935 23 16Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: January 2, 2008Holt, Clay, Missouri, United States

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