Brief Life History of Joe Smith
When Joe Smith Shackleford was born on 13 January 1922, in Lee, Kentucky, United States, his father, John A. Logan Shackleford, was 39 and his mother, Carrie H. Smyth, was 36. He lived in Romulus, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1997. He died on 6 April 2003, in Inkster, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Joe S Shackelford, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joe Smith Shackleford - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Joe Smith Shackleford
- Joe S Shackelford, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered
In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Shackelford .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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