The Shemwell Family

Lealon Eldridge Applewhite Martin JrAge: 86 years19101996

Name
Lealon Eldridge Applewhite Martin Jr
Given names
Lealon Eldridge Applewhite
Surname
Martin
Name suffix
Jr
Birth May 31, 1910
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 19 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 daughter
#1
Lucile Sissell “Cile” Martin
July 23, 1936 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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
Marriage of a childRobert Atherton HallLucile Sissell “Cile” MartinView this family
March 1, 1958 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Donald Martin Hall
November 12, 1958 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Cilyne Hayes Hall
June 23, 1960 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 December 5, 1996 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Lucile Gwinn Sissell - View this family
himself
Lealon Eldridge Applewhite Martin Jr
Birth: May 31, 1910Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States
Death: December 5, 1996Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
wife
Lucile Gwinn Sissell
Birth: May 13, 1913 23 18Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Death: January 3, 2003Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Lucile Sissell “Cile” Martin
Birth: July 23, 1936 26 23Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, United States
Death: May 10, 2011Batesville, Panola, Mississippi, United States
daughter
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