The Shemwell Family

Reuben Gray RossAge: 79 years19101990

Name
Reuben Gray Ross
Given names
Reuben Gray
Surname
Ross
Birth September 18, 1910 48 37
Birth of a brotherWoodrow Wilson Ross
August 27, 1912 (Age 23 months)
Death of a fatherJoseph Clemons Ross
April 8, 1914 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandmotherZerutus Doretta Morris
June 13, 1917 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterMaggie Payton Ross
October 15, 1918 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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 7 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/
Death of a brotherEdgar Free Ross
April 25, 1925 (Age 14 years)
Burial of a brotherEdgar Free Ross
April 26, 1925 (Age 14 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lucas-Rose Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Death of a sisterLela Vivian Ross
December 9, 1933 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Knox Polk Stagner
July 7, 1935 (Age 24 years)
MarriageCora Pauline LutonView this family
December 1939 (Age 29 years)

Death of a motherManiza Jane Stagner
May 24, 1941 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 sisterBertha Clemons Ross
December 8, 1982 (Age 72 years)
Death of a sisterSallie May Ross
June 10, 1983 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Samuel Ross
November 24, 1987 (Age 77 years)
Death May 6, 1990 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stewart County Memorial Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 17, 1892Stewart, Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder sister
Bertha Clemons Ross
Birth: September 1, 1893 31 20Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 8, 1982Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder sister
Maggie Payton Ross
Birth: May 21, 1896 34 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 15, 1918Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
elder sister
Sallie May Ross
Birth: March 19, 1898 35 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 10, 1983Tobaccoport, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
elder sister
Lela Vivian Ross
Birth: January 4, 1900 37 26Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 9, 1933Stewart, Tennessee, United States
21 months
elder brother
Joseph Samuel Ross
Birth: October 15, 1901 39 28Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 24, 1987Wimauma, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
3 years
elder brother
Edgar Free Ross
Birth: September 24, 1904 42 31Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 25, 1925Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Frank Glen Ross
Birth: September 25, 1906 44 33Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 5, 1992Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
himself
Reuben Gray Ross
Birth: September 18, 1910 48 37Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 6, 1990Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
23 months
younger brother
Woodrow Wilson Ross
Birth: August 27, 1912 50 39Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 29, 2000Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Family with Cora Pauline Luton - View this family
himself
Reuben Gray Ross
Birth: September 18, 1910 48 37Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 6, 1990Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
wife
Cora Pauline Luton
Birth: August 24, 1918Tennessee, United States
Death: September 26, 2014Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 1939

Reuben Gray Ross has 38 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (38)

Parents Lonel Desmond Hargis + Mary Addie Stagner
1Arthur Hargis18861900
2James Roy Hargis18891971
Parents William Neal Stimpson + Clementine “Clemmie” Stagner
3Ida Irene Stimpson18981992
5Samuel Stimpson19031965
7Ruth Fay Stimpson19091993
8Joe Stimpson19111974
9Louie Stimpson19131972
Parents Ira Louis Ellis + Lucy Evelyn Stagner
1Reva E Ellis19071996
3Verna Aline Ellis19161996
5William H Ellis19211963
Parents Samuel Franklin Miles + Genevieve Lee “Jennie” Stagner
1Grady Wilson Miles19061960
3Perry Leslie Miles19081956
6Mary Ethel Miles19151916
7Infant Miles19171917
Parents James Henry Walker + Florence Lillie Stagner
4Marvin E Walker19212009
Parents John Douglas “Johnnie” Shemwell + Gracy Pearl “Grace” Stagner
Parents Isaac Brandon “Ike” Stagner + Annie Lee Stimson
1Morris Stagner19182001
2Gordon Stagner19211921