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Aaron Felix AshbrookAge: 75 years19151991

Name
Aaron Felix Ashbrook
Given names
Aaron Felix
Surname
Ashbrook
Birth December 29, 1915 25 23
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 days)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherDelbert Frank Ashbrook
January 23, 1918 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 months)

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 2 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 fatherFelix Grundy Ashbrook
February 10, 1921 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph Wilson DeWees
December 23, 1924 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 25 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 34 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 motherChester Henley DeWees
December 1, 1966 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 5, 1991 (Age 75 years)
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father
mother
Chester Henley DeWees
Birth: February 24, 1892 53 35Newark, Wise, Texas, United States
Death: December 1, 1966Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Marriage:
elder brother
Jack Dewees Ashbrook
Birth: December 9, 1913 23 21Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: July 20, 1999Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
2 years
himself
Aaron Felix Ashbrook
Birth: December 29, 1915 25 23Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: April 5, 1991Gregg, Texas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Delbert Frank Ashbrook
Birth: January 23, 1918 27 25Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: April 10, 1996Rule, Haskell, Texas, United States

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