The Shemwell Family

Alvin Owie SloanAge: 79 years18961976

Name
Alvin Owie Sloan
Given names
Alvin Owie
Surname
Sloan
Birth August 11, 1896 29 30
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 months)
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
Census June 22, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Lee Sloan Jr.
July 22, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 13, 1920 (Age 23 years)
MarriageCharlotte AgeeView this family
June 20, 1926 (Age 29 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 fatherGeorge Lee Sloan Sr.
February 1, 1943 (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 53 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 motherLaura A Billingsley
March 19, 1961 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherGuy George Sloan
June 17, 1966 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 7, 1976 (Age 79 years)
Last change February 7, 201915:03:35

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with parents - View this family
father
George Sloan SRGeorge Lee Sloan Sr.
Birth: November 9, 1866Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Death: February 1, 1943Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States
mother
Laura A. BillingsleyLaura A Billingsley
Birth: April 7, 1866 46 35Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Death: March 19, 1961Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States
Marriage: calculated 1887
7 years
elder brother
Guy George Sloan
Birth: July 27, 1893 26 27Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Death: June 17, 1966Rockmart, Polk, Georgia, United States
3 years
himself
Alvin Owie Sloan
Birth: August 11, 1896 29 30Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Death: August 7, 1976Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States
14 years
younger brother
George Lee Sloan JRGeorge Lee Sloan Jr.
Birth: July 22, 1910 43 44Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States
Death: August 27, 1991Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, United States
Family with Charlotte Agee - View this family
himself
Alvin Owie Sloan
Birth: August 11, 1896 29 30Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States
Death: August 7, 1976Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States
wife
Charlotte Agee
Birth: July 13, 1898Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States
Death: August 14, 1979Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States
Marriage: June 20, 1926Centre, Cherokee, Alabama, United States

Alvin Owie Sloan has 12 first cousins recorded