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Roy Labern SmithAge: 45 years18951940

Name
Roy Labern Smith
Given names
Roy Labern
Surname
Smith
Birth June 28, 1895 26 16
Birth of a brotherRosco Bryan Smith
November 6, 1896 (Age 16 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Birth of a sisterMary Margaret Smith
November 18, 1899 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherFred Fearknott Smith
January 11, 1901 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterEthel Alberta Smith
June 13, 1903 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Stanley Smith
December 22, 1907 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Edwin Smith
September 13, 1909 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherClaude Wilson Smith
March 20, 1912 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 maternal grandmotherMargaret Angeline Tyler
July 3, 1924 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 maternal grandfatherJames Wesley Stanley
October 27, 1937 (Age 42 years)
Address: home of Allie Maude
Death September 16, 1940 (Age 45 years)

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Roy Labern Smith
Birth: June 28, 1895 26 16Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 16, 1940
16 months
younger brother
Rosco Bryan Smith
Birth: November 6, 1896 27 18Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 13, 1944
3 years
younger sister
14 months
younger brother
Fred Fearknott Smith
Birth: January 11, 1901 31 22Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 17, 1974
2 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
21 months
younger brother
Robert Edwin Smith
Birth: September 13, 1909 40 30Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 20, 1978
3 years
younger brother
Claude Wilson Smith
Birth: March 20, 1912 42 33Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 1948
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Roy Labern Smith
Birth: June 28, 1895 26 16Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 16, 1940
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