The Shemwell Family

Clyde McKinneyAge: 56 years18871943

Name
Clyde McKinney
Given names
Clyde
Surname
McKinney
Birth July 15, 1887
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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/
MarriageMary Elizabeth “Mollie” ShemwellView this family
calculated 1924 (Age 36 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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
Census April 7, 1930 (Age 42 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 December 5, 1943 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wiley's Chapel Cemetery
Family with Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Shemwell - View this family
himself
Clyde McKinney
Birth: July 15, 1887Kentucky, United States
Death: December 5, 1943Christian, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: calculated 1924
Claud Orbit Lyons + Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: August 3, 1910Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
step-daughter
4 years
step-daughter
Ruth Fay Lyons
Birth: February 10, 1917 25 31Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1918Logan, Kentucky, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Clyde McKinney - Household

Muhlenberg, KY

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Clyde McKinneyheadMW42M38KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine
Mary R McKinneywifeFW42M22KYKYKY
Welma E Lyonsstep daughterFW16SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Clyde McKinney - Household

Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Clyde McKinneyheadMW52MKYLaborerWPA Road Constructiob
Mollie McKinneywifeFW53M25KY