Lether Franklin SkillernAge: 89 years1874–1963
- Name
- Lether Franklin Skillern
- Given names
- Lether Franklin
- Surname
- Skillern
 Birth | April 5, 1874 34 30 |
 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Mathew Marvin Skillern July 18, 1879 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Annie Jane Skillern January 14, 1882 (Age 7 years) |
| 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 |
| Death of a brother | James Ross Skillern October 23, 1898 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a father | James Audley “Ed” Skillern February 10, 1910 (Age 35 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 |
| Death of a brother | John Curtis Skillern January 2, 1918 (Age 43 years) |
| 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/ |
| Death of a brother | Nealious Brown Skillern August 10, 1921 (Age 47 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 |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Caroline “Callie” Hinch March 13, 1933 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Mathew Marvin Skillern December 26, 1942 (Age 68 years) Cause: Acute Myocarditis |
| 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 |
| 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 parents |
| father |
James Audley “Ed” Skillern Birth: February 28, 1840 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 10, 1910 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Caroline “Callie” Hinch Birth: August 19, 1843 39 42 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 13, 1933 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 2, 1867 — Tennessee, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
James Ross Skillern Birth: May 24, 1868 28 24 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 23, 1898 — Tennessee, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
John Curtis Skillern Birth: February 28, 1870 30 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 2, 1918 — Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Nealious Brown Skillern Birth: April 13, 1872 32 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: August 10, 1921 — Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States |
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2 years himself |
Lether Franklin Skillern Birth: April 5, 1874 34 30 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 11, 1963 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Mathew Marvin Skillern Birth: July 18, 1879 39 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 26, 1942 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Annie Jane Skillern Birth: January 14, 1882 41 38 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 5, 1964 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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| himself |
Lether Franklin Skillern Birth: April 5, 1874 34 30 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 11, 1963 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Audley “Ed” Skillern - Household
Bledsoe, Tennessee
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