The Shemwell Family

Samuel Myrl WorleyAge: 79 years19001979

Name
Samuel Myrl Worley
Given names
Samuel Myrl
Surname
Worley
Birth January 18, 1900 35 28
Military
WW I Draft Registration 1917-1918

Census June 1, 1900 (Age 4 months)
Birth of a brotherLt. Col. James Evans Worley
June 8, 1902 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterLt. Col. Bernice Worley
July 16, 1904 (Age 4 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Anne “Lizzie” Shemwell
July 27, 1906 (Age 6 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 1, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
MarriageEdna May JohnsonView this family
January 3, 1931 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Alice Worley
December 28, 1931 (Age 31 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Death of a fatherJames Anderson Worley
May 8, 1945 (Age 45 years)
Cause: Carcinoma of the Prostate
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 brotherLt. Col. James Evans Worley
October 24, 1965 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 wifeEdna May Johnson
April 13, 1976 (Age 76 years)
Note: Obituary from the Monday April 19, 1976 edition of The Cedar Rapids Gazette from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Death December 10, 1979 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bayou Meto Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 17, 1897
21 months
elder brother
Willard A Worley
Birth: 1898 33 26Crittenden, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1898Crittenden, Kentucky, United States
2 years
himself
Samuel Myrl Worley
Birth: January 18, 1900 35 28Hurricane, Tolu, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 10, 1979Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Lt. Col. James Evans Worley
Birth: June 8, 1902 37 31Tolu, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 24, 1965Spokane, Washington, United States
2 years
younger sister
Lt. Col. Bernice Worley
Birth: July 16, 1904 39 33Tolu, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 4, 2010Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, United States
Family with Edna May Johnson - View this family
himself
Samuel Myrl Worley
Birth: January 18, 1900 35 28Hurricane, Tolu, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 10, 1979Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
wife
Edna May Johnson
Birth: July 25, 1901Berwick, Warren, Illinois, United States
Death: April 13, 1976Jacksonville, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: January 3, 1931Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States
1 year
daughter
Mary Alice Worley
Birth: December 28, 1931 31 30Polk, Benton, Iowa, United States
Death: July 2, 2021Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

Samuel Myrl Worley has 7 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Worley - Household

Hurricane, Tolu, Ky.

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
James A. WorleyheadWMDec 186435M3--KYTNTNFarm laborer
Elizabeth A. WorleywifeWFFeb 187030M321TNTNTN
Samuel M. WorleysonWMJan 19005mS---KYKYTN
Fossie W Shemwellsister-in-lawWFJan 188416S---TNTNTNAt School

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Worley - Household

Tolu, Crittenden, Ky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
James A WorleyheadMW45W---KYTNTNEngineer? Mill
Myrl WorleysonMW10S---KYKYTN
James E WorleysonMW7S---KYKYTN
Bernice M WorleydaughterFW5S---KYKYTN
Fossie Shemwellsister-in-lawFW25S---TNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Worley - Household

Hurricane, Crittenden, Ky

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
James Anderson WorleyheadMW55MKYTNTNFarmer
Sallie WorleysisterFW50SKYTNTN
Myrl WorleysonMW19SKYKYTNFarm worker
James Evans WorleysonMW17SKYKYTN
Bernice WorleydaughterFW15SKYKYTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Myrl Worley - Household

1001 Tenth Street Southwest Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Worley, Samuel MheadMW40MKYRBentonIAStoker Cenerator?City
Worley, EdnaXwifeFW38MILRBentonIA
Worley, Mary AlicedaughterFW8SIARBentonIA