Richard Tarleton AverittAge: 88 years1910–1999
- Name
- Richard Tarleton Averitt
- Given names
- Richard Tarleton
- Surname
- Averitt
 Birth | March 15, 1910 29 23 |
 Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 44 days) |
 Death of a mother | Tommie Sarah Shemwell July 23, 1913 (Age 3 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 19 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 31 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 39 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 | Thomas Halie Averitt 1966 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 of a wife | Ozella Blanche Lewis September 12, 1997 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | February 13, 1999 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Edgewood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Halie Averitt Birth: 1881 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1966 |
| mother |
Tommie Sarah Shemwell Birth: July 10, 1886 41 40 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 23, 1913 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 27, 1906 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years himself |
Richard Tarleton Averitt Birth: March 15, 1910 29 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 13, 1999 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Ozella Blanche Lewis |
| himself |
Richard Tarleton Averitt Birth: March 15, 1910 29 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 13, 1999 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Ozella Blanche Lewis Birth: December 27, 1911 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 12, 1997 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
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Richard Tarleton Averitt has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (10)
Parents James Anderson Worley + Elizabeth Anne “Lizzie” Shemwell
Parents Samuel Allen Shemwell + Margaret Ophenia Crews
Parents William Henry Smith + Susan Evans “Sudie” Shemwell
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Halie Averitt - Household
Packer & Legate Road Stewart, Tennessee
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