 Birth | 1896 29 22 |
 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 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Rev. John Jefferson Bramlett December 6, 1899 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alice Elmine McElroy 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Grace Thomas McElroy January 19, 1903 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a mother | Willie Ann Bramlett April 15, 1904 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Theodore Lee McElroy 1906 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Lucille Ruth McElroy January 17, 1910 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | George Edward McElroy 1912 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Huts McElroy 1912 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Lela Lorene McElroy 1914 (Age 18 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 |
| Birth of a half-brother | Charles David McElroy 1917 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edgar Forest McElroy 1917 (Age 21 years) |
| 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/ |
 Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 33 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 half-brother | Charles David McElroy 1942 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 54 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 father | John Forest McElroy February 12, 1954 (Age 58 years) Cause: Accute Heart Attack |
| Death of a half-brother | George Edward McElroy 1961 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 | 1967 (Age 71 years) |