The Shemwell Family

Litton Thomas ThurmanAge: 79 years18841963

Name
Litton Thomas Thurman
Given names
Litton Thomas
Surname
Thurman
Birth February 2, 1884 45 41
Death of a motherSarah Jane Parham
October 29, 1893 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 fatherIsaac Newton Thurman
September 9, 1906 (Age 22 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Betsy Brown
July 28, 1913 (Age 29 years)
Note: All living children are noted -b
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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 brotherJohn Curtis Thurman
June 23, 1920 (Age 36 years)
MarriageViolet Winton HaleyView this family
April 7, 1924 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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 sisterAnnie Jane Thurman
September 5, 1941 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Rainey Thurman
April 17, 1943 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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
Death of a brotherStephen Landon Thurman
January 10, 1947 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherLeonidas Marcus “Lee” Thurman
January 10, 1947 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sisterHester Elizabeth Thurman
February 19, 1951 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 65 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 brotherIsaac Emmett Thurman
April 30, 1957 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 May 29, 1963 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
William Rainey Thurman
Birth: September 27, 1861 23 19Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 17, 1943Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
Hester Elizabeth Thurman
Birth: January 7, 1867 28 24Melvine, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 19, 1951Falling Water, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Annie Jane Thurman
Birth: May 14, 1869 31 26Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 5, 1941Rhea, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
Stephen Landon Thurman
Birth: October 12, 1873 35 31Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1947Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
elder brother
Leonidas Marcus “Lee” Thurman
Birth: October 12, 1873 35 31Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 10, 1947Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
6 years
elder brother
Isaac Emmett Thurman
Birth: August 15, 1879 41 37Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 30, 1957Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
5 years
himself
Litton Thomas Thurman
Birth: February 2, 1884 45 41Evansville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 29, 1963Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Violet Winton Haley - View this family
himself
Litton Thomas Thurman
Birth: February 2, 1884 45 41Evansville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 29, 1963Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Violet Winton Haley
Birth: November 18, 1892Crab Orchard, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 16, 1980Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: April 7, 1924Palm Beach, Florida, United States