The Shemwell Family

Colonel Henry BillingsleyAge: 79 years18911970

Name
Colonel Henry Billingsley
Given names
Colonel Henry
Surname
Billingsley
Birth April 22, 1891 19 15
Birth of a brotherMajor Earl Billingsley
October 14, 1893 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherMearl F Billingsley
June 1897 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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 brotherGeorge Dewey Billingsley
April 18, 1900 (Age 8 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherMiles Dave Billingsley
September 22, 1903 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Pearl “Bessie” Billingsley
October 24, 1906 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterBonnie Lee Billingsley
March 15, 1910 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a brotherDoc Edward Billingsley
March 10, 1913 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Martis Billingsley
February 5, 1916 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WW1 Draft
June 5, 1917 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a brotherSam Nealy Billingsley
March 11, 1918 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1June Ruby Billingsley
October 6, 1918 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 25 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 26 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 15, 1920 (Age 28 years)
Death of a wifeJennie Brewster
February 29, 1920 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a brotherAlvin Owie Billingsley
May 28, 1921 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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 16, 1930 (Age 38 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 48 years)
Military
WW2 Draft
1942 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 of a fatherGeorge Franklin Billingsley
March 27, 1950 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 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 sisterElizabeth Pearl “Bessie” Billingsley
June 7, 1955 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherMajor Earl Billingsley
June 1, 1961 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Dewey Billingsley
February 1968 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 July 11, 1970 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Whitney Cemetery
Last change July 29, 201915:36:34

by: Barry Shemwell
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Marriage: about August 1890
9 months
himself
3 years
younger brother
Major Earl Billingsley
Birth: October 14, 1893 21 18Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Death: June 1, 1961Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
younger brother
Mearl F Billingsley
Birth: June 1897 25 21Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Death: November 1, 1989Floyd, Georgia, United States
3 years
younger brother
George Dewey Billingsley
Birth: April 18, 1900 28 24Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Death: February 1968Cobb, Georgia, United States
3 years
younger brother
Miles Dave Billingsley
Birth: September 22, 1903 31 27Georgia, United States
Death: May 3, 1982Troup, Georgia, United States
3 years
younger sister
Elizabeth Pearl “Bessie” Billingsley
Birth: October 24, 1906 34 31Alabama, United States
Death: June 7, 1955Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
younger sister
Bonnie Lee Billingsley
Birth: March 15, 1910 38 34Esom Hill, Polk, Georgia, United States
Death: July 19, 1991Inyo, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
Doc Edward Billingsley
Birth: March 10, 1913 41 37Cedar Town, Polk, Georgia, United States
Death: February 9, 1972Chambers, Alabama, United States
3 years
younger brother
John Martis Billingsley
Birth: February 5, 1916 44 40Esom Hill, Polk, Georgia, United States
Death: April 29, 1998Riverside, California, United States
2 years
younger brother
Sam Nealy Billingsley
Birth: March 11, 1918 46 42Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 30, 1998Troup, Georgia, United States
3 years
younger brother
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wife
Jennie Brewster
Birth: August 28, 1892Georgia, United States
Death: February 29, 1920Saline, Arkansas, United States
son
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daughter
June Ruby Billingsley
Birth: October 6, 1918 27 26Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 21, 1993Lone Pine, Inyo, California, United States
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Colonel Henry Billingsley has 4 first cousins recorded