Benjamin Thomas JohnsAge: 72 years1915–1987
- Name
- Benjamin Thomas Johns
- Given names
- Benjamin Thomas
- Surname
- Johns
 Birth | May 26, 1915 21 21 |
 Marriage | Minnie Oma Taylor — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 months)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 brother | Warren Hall Johns March 21, 1918 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 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/ |
 Census | January 5, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Jessie Mae Johns November 14, 1921 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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 |
| Census | April 15, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Hall August 16, 1930 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ima Jean Johns June 4, 1932 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eva Vick Christian April 3, 1946 (Age 30 years) |
| 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 father | Lloyd Lester Johns Jr. August 4, 1954 (Age 39 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 | September 16, 1987 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Grove Cemetery |
 Last change | June 15, 2021 – 12:19:28 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lloyd Lester Johns Jr. Birth: April 1, 1894 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 4, 1954 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Birth: May 14, 1894 29 28 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 13, 1992 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
| elder sister |
Mary Carolyn Johns Birth: May 23, 1913 19 19 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 13, 1997 |
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2 years himself |
Benjamin Thomas Johns Birth: May 26, 1915 21 21 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 16, 1987 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Warren Hall Johns Birth: March 21, 1918 23 23 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 22, 2002 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Jessie Mae Johns Birth: November 14, 1921 27 27 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: January 27, 2010 — Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, United States |
| sister |
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| younger sister |
Ima Jean Johns Birth: June 4, 1932 38 38 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 2011 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Minnie Oma Taylor |
| himself |
Benjamin Thomas Johns Birth: May 26, 1915 21 21 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 16, 1987 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Minnie Oma Taylor Birth: February 21, 1921 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: January 11, 2006 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
Benjamin Thomas Johns has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (13)
Parents Theron Wade Hall + Enola Glenn Shelton
Parents Warden Owens Hall + Clesa Franklin Gant
Parents Brodie Elby Duncan + Geneva Hall
Parents Benjamin Corbett Hall + Zelma Elizabeth Tunstill
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Lloyd Lester Johns Jr. - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Lloyd Lester Johns Jr. - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky
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