The Shemwell Family

James Clayton ChoateAge: 79 years19242003

Name
James Clayton Choate
Given names
James Clayton
Surname
Choate
Birth February 6, 1924 24 27
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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
Birth of a brotherNorman Lee Choate
October 21, 1935 (Age 11 years)
Death of a brotherNorman Lee Choate
October 30, 1935 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Congenital weakness
Death of a paternal grandfatherRobert Lysander Choate
June 11, 1938 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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 25 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 motherJennie A Skinner
July 4, 1970 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 of a fatherMelvin Lee Choate
May 19, 1986 (Age 62 years)
Death October 9, 2003 (Age 79 years)
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father
Melvin Lee Choate
Birth: March 3, 1899 27 27Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 19, 1986Trigg, Kentucky, United States
mother
Jennie A Skinner
Birth: March 12, 1896Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 4, 1970Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
himself
James Clayton Choate
Birth: February 6, 1924 24 27Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 9, 2003Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States
brother
Private
sister
Private
younger brother
Norman Lee Choate
Birth: October 21, 1935 36 39Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 30, 1935Trigg, Kentucky, United States

James Clayton Choate has 9 first cousins recorded