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Louis Ernest FinleyAge: 74 years18931967

Name
Louis Ernest Finley
Given names
Louis Ernest
Surname
Finley
Birth March 13, 1893 24 28
Death of a fatherJoseph Henry Finley
December 24, 1894 (Age 21 months)
Cause: Accidental Shooting
Birth of a sisterMary Porter Finley
January 8, 1895 (Age 21 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 22 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 23 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 24 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 paternal grandmotherAmelia C “Mele” Theobald
February 2, 1925 (Age 31 years)
Cause: paralytic stroke
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 brotherHenry Harold “Hal” Finley
October 9, 1933 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherSarah Ellen “Sadie” McConnell
January 13, 1941 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 August 3, 1967 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Cemetery
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elder brother
Henry Harold “Hal” Finley
Birth: October 1, 1891 23 27Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 9, 1933Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
17 months
himself
Louis Ernest Finley
Birth: March 13, 1893 24 28Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 3, 1967Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
22 months
younger sister
Mary Porter Finley
Birth: January 8, 1895 26 30Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 22, 1974Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

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