The Shemwell Family

Jake BlackerbyAge: 75 years19252000

Name
Jake Blackerby
Given names
Jake
Surname
Blackerby
Birth May 31, 1925 22 26
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 24 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 motherRoxie Humphrey
1955 (Age 29 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherCharles Henry Blackerby
December 6, 1961 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherClyde R Blackerby
January 3, 1971 (Age 45 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherJessie Brothers
May 20, 1974 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 June 12, 2000 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bold Springs Cemetery
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father
Clyde R Blackerby
Birth: April 13, 1903 27 24Jack, Texas, United States
Death: January 3, 1971Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States
mother
Roxie Humphrey
Birth: 1899Palo Pinto, Texas, United States
Death: 1955Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States
brother
Private
sister
Private
himself
Jake Blackerby
Birth: May 31, 1925 22 26Polk, Texas, United States
Death: June 12, 2000Livingston, Polk, Texas, United States
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father
Clyde R Blackerby
Birth: April 13, 1903 27 24Jack, Texas, United States
Death: January 3, 1971Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States
step-mother
Private