The Shemwell Family

John Earl McElroyAge: 82 years18911974

Name
John Earl McElroy
Given names
John Earl
Surname
McElroy
Birth June 22, 1891 25 18
MarriageLillie GloverView this family
unknown

Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Hutchison
November 12, 1895 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherFredrick Francis McElroy
1896 (Age 4 years)

Residence
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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 maternal grandfatherRev. John Jefferson Bramlett
December 6, 1899 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice Elmine McElroy
1900 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sisterGrace Thomas McElroy
January 19, 1903 (Age 11 years)
Death of a motherWillie Ann Bramlett
April 15, 1904 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherTheodore Lee McElroy
1906 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a half-sisterLucille Ruth McElroy
January 17, 1910 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-brotherGeorge Edward McElroy
1912 (Age 20 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Huts McElroy
1912 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a half-sisterLela Lorene McElroy
1914 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a son
#1
John Virgil McElroy
June 5, 1916 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a half-brotherCharles David McElroy
1917 (Age 25 years)

Death of a brotherEdgar Forest McElroy
1917 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Garner Fredrick McElroy
March 17, 1918 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 25 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 26 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 38 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 wifeMary Julia Pulley
July 26, 1939 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Edward McElroy
December 16, 1940 (Age 49 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn Edward McElroy
December 16, 1940 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childGarner Fredrick McElroyEdna Pauline WalkerView this family
June 21, 1941 (Age 49 years)
Death of a half-brotherCharles David McElroy
1942 (Age 50 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Mary Jo McElroy
September 24, 1947 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 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 fatherJohn Forest McElroy
February 12, 1954 (Age 62 years)
Cause: Accute Heart Attack
Death of a half-brotherGeorge Edward McElroy
1961 (Age 69 years)

Death of a sonJohn Virgil McElroy
January 13, 1966 (Age 74 years)
Burial of a sonJohn Virgil McElroy
January 17, 1966 (Age 74 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Death of a brotherFredrick Francis McElroy
1967 (Age 75 years)

Death of a wifeLillie Glover
April 6, 1971 (Age 79 years)
Death of a half-brotherTheodore Lee McElroy
1973 (Age 81 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 20, 1974 (Age 82 years)
Address: Trinity Hospital
Burial May 22, 1974 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: before 1889
14 years
younger sister
Grace Thomas McElroy
Birth: January 19, 1903 36 29Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1978Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
-13 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
6 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Beuna Vista Waggoner - View this family
father
step-mother
half-brother
4 years
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
4 years
half-brother
half-sister
Private
half-brother
Private
half-sister
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Family with Mary Julia Pulley - View this family
himself
wife
Mary Julia Pulley
Birth: March 3, 1895 23 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 26, 1939Houston, Tennessee, United States
son
John Virgil McElroy
Birth: June 5, 1916 24 21Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 13, 1966Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States
21 months
son
Garner Fredrick McElroy
Birth: March 17, 1918 26 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 24, 2005Allen Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
Family with Lillie Glover - View this family
himself
wife
Lillie Glover
Birth: January 1, 1888Kentucky, United States
Death: April 6, 1971Houston, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

John Earl McElroy has 1 first cousin recorded

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