Benjamin Hiram SummersAge: 83 years1892–1976
- Name
- Benjamin Hiram Summers
- Given names
- Benjamin Hiram
- Surname
- Summers
 Birth | September 16, 1892 |
 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 23 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 24 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 25 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 37 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 49 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 57 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 |
 Civil marriage | Fassie M Christopher — View this family April 8, 1957 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 | April 4, 1976 (Age 83 years) |
| Family with Fassie M Christopher |
| himself |
Benjamin Hiram Summers Birth: September 16, 1892 — Rich Hill, Bates, Missouri, United States Death: April 4, 1976 — West Plains, Howell, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Fassie M Christopher Birth: June 30, 1898 53 28 — Howell, Missouri, United States Death: April 9, 1987 — Howell, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 8, 1957 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States |
| Charles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan + Fassie M Christopher |
| wife’s husband |
Charles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan Birth: February 28, 1885 37 25 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 12, 1948 — Pomona, Howell, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Fassie M Christopher Birth: June 30, 1898 53 28 — Howell, Missouri, United States Death: April 9, 1987 — Howell, Missouri, United States |
| step-daughter |
Ruby McMahan Birth: calculated 1919 33 20 — Missouri, United States Death: 1931 |
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14 months step-daughter |
Lillian McMahan Birth: February 24, 1920 34 21 — Missouri, United States Death: October 13, 1997 — Pomona, Howell, Missouri, United States |
| step-son |
Private |