The Shemwell Family

John Thomas FieldsAge: 87 years19071994

Name
John Thomas Fields
Type
birth name
Given names
John Thomas
Surname
Fields
Birth April 2, 1907 25
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 fatherGeorge Pender Fields
October 29, 1924 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Wilma Jean Fields
February 2, 1929 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
#2
Kenneth Ray Fields
September 25, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James Phillip Fields Sr
June 6, 1933 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Leslie Theodore Fields
March 17, 1935 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Betty Ann “Toot” Fields
May 12, 1938 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Jerry Wayne Fields
July 17, 1942 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
Birth of a daughter
#7
Gracie Ellen Fields
October 13, 1949 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 38 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 wifeLillie May Fulkerson
March 6, 1989 (Age 81 years)
Death of a daughterGracie Ellen Fields
November 9, 1994 (Age 87 years)
Death November 15, 1994 (Age 87 years)
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daughter
Wilma Jean Fields
Birth: February 2, 1929 21 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 19, 1998Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
9 years
daughter
Betty Ann “Toot” Fields
Birth: May 12, 1938 31 28Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 7, 2006Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
son
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daughter
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daughter
Private
son
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son
-9 years
son
James Phillip Fields Sr
Birth: June 6, 1933 26 23Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 9, 2006Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
-20 months
son
Kenneth Ray Fields
Birth: September 25, 1931 24 21Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 16, 1999
18 years
daughter
Gracie Ellen Fields
Birth: October 13, 1949 42 39Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 9, 1994Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
-15 years
son
Leslie Theodore Fields
Birth: March 17, 1935 27 25Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 5, 2017Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States