John Robert HortonAge: 58 years1929–1987
- Name
- John Robert Horton
- Given names
- John Robert
- Surname
- Horton
 Birth | July 18, 1929 33 32 |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 2 months)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 1, 1930 (Age 8 months) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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 20 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 maternal grandmother | Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland August 9, 1959 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Catherine Shemwell 1968 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a father | John Anderson Ross Horton August 15, 1972 (Age 43 years) Cause: Prostate Cancer |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 | December 14, 1987 (Age 58 years) Cause of death: Cardiac Arrest |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arlington National Cemetery |
 Last change | August 13, 2020 – 08:25:21 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Anderson Ross Horton Birth: July 9, 1896 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: August 15, 1972 — Falls Church, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| mother |
Mary Catherine Shemwell Birth: March 14, 1897 32 23 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1968 — Arlington, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: June 16, 1923 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Mary “Little Mary” Horton Birth: May 27, 1928 31 31 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: October 6, 2001 |
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Margaret “Marty” Horton Birth: May 27, 1928 31 31 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: February 15, 1992 — Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia, United States |
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14 months himself |
John Robert Horton Birth: July 18, 1929 33 32 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: December 14, 1987 — Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Family with Frances Derrick |
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John Robert Horton Birth: July 18, 1929 33 32 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: December 14, 1987 — Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| wife |
Frances Derrick Birth: December 27, 1935 — Blue Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States Death: January 23, 2012 |
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John Robert Horton has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (13)
Parents James Hayden Morgan + Helen Rebecca Shemwell
Parents John Arthur “Jack” Cotton + Julia Clark Shemwell
Parents Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. + Zella Gray Bacon
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Parents Virgil Glenn Waggener + Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell
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Parents Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. + Nell Mavis Haggard
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Parents Robert Donald Skerritt + Elizabeth Randolph Shemwell
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Anderson Horton - Household
Washington DC
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Anderson Horton - Household
Arlington Virginia Apartments Arlington, Virginia
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| Note | Children of John Robert Horton & Frances Derrick
1.John Albert Horton 1963
2.Amy Frances Horton 1965 |