The Shemwell Family

Sidney HodgeAge: 88 years18951984

Name
Sidney Hodge
Given names
Sidney
Surname
Hodge
Birth November 26, 1895
MarriageLaura Mae KillianView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Birth of a son
#1
Earnest Angel Hodge
November 1, 1914 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 years)

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 son
#2
Estol Leo Hodge
April 21, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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 14, 1920 (Age 24 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 54 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 wifeLaura Mae Killian
August 17, 1975 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 sonEarnest Angel Hodge
October 2, 1977 (Age 81 years)
Death of a sonEstol Leo Hodge
April 5, 1979 (Age 83 years)
Death June 24, 1984 (Age 88 years)

Family with Laura Mae Killian - View this family
himself
wife
Laura Mae Killian
Birth: December 4, 1895 37 23Missouri, United States
Death: August 17, 1975Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage:
son
Earnest Angel Hodge
Birth: November 1, 1914 18 18Missouri, United States
Death: October 2, 1977St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Estol Leo Hodge
Birth: April 21, 1917 21 21Marion, Williamson, Illinois, United States
Death: April 5, 1979Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Dilmus Watson Killian - Household

Front Street Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Killian, Dilmus WheadMW22MMOKYMOLaborerStove Mill
Killian, Grace EwifeFW22MARMOMO
Killian, James AsonMW1-5mSILMOAR
Hodge, Sidneybrother in lawMW24MILILILLaborerStove Mill
Hodge, Laura Melder sisterFW24MMOKYMO
Hodge, Earnest AnephewMW5SMOILMO
Hodge, Estel LnephewMW2-9mSILILMO