The Shemwell Family

Taylor Edward SlaughterAge: 84 years19061990

Name
Taylor Edward Slaughter
Given names
Taylor Edward
Surname
Slaughter
Birth January 3, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 11 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/
Birth of a son
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Taylor Edward Slaughter Jr
June 6, 1928 (Age 22 years)
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The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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
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Lindal Ray Slaughter
May 11, 1930 (Age 24 years)
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
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Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 sonTaylor Edward Slaughter Jr
May 26, 1970 (Age 64 years)
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 sonLindal Ray Slaughter
May 9, 1989 (Age 83 years)
Death November 21, 1990 (Age 84 years)
Family with Nellie Myrtle Jessup - View this family
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Nellie Myrtle Jessup
Birth: November 15, 1909 36Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 21, 1998Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
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Taylor Edward Slaughter Jr
Birth: June 6, 1928 22 18Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 26, 1970Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States
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Lindal Ray Slaughter
Birth: May 11, 1930 24 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 9, 1989Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States
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