The Shemwell Family

Eula Mae LyonAge: 90 years19031994

Name
Eula Mae Lyon
Given names
Eula Mae
Surname
Lyon
Married name
Eula Mae Gant
Birth September 9, 1903 28 24
Birth of a sisterEunice Lea Lyon
September 13, 1906 (Age 3 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 27, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mildred Joyce Gant
December 18, 1923 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Carl Merlin Gant
November 3, 1928 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 3, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Howard Lloyd Gant
March 23, 1933 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Patricia June “Patsy” Gant
January 21, 1935 (Age 31 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Henry Hall
March 7, 1943 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 sonCarl Merlin Gant
May 31, 1947 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 fatherPrince Edgar Lyon
January 19, 1966 (Age 62 years)
Death of a motherCarma Ann Hall
August 3, 1975 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 brotherCarl Ernest Lyon
March 10, 1984 (Age 80 years)
Death of a husbandJennings Bryan Gant
August 8, 1986 (Age 82 years)
Death of a brotherCurtis Nelson Lyon
August 20, 1986 (Age 82 years)
Death of a sisterEunice Lea Lyon
November 11, 1986 (Age 83 years)
Death of a daughterMildred Joyce Gant
January 1, 1987 (Age 83 years)

Death of a sisterAmy Bell Lyon
January 2, 1989 (Age 85 years)
Death June 2, 1994 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Prince Edgar Lyon
Birth: October 30, 1874 30 34Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 19, 1966Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage: March 21, 1894Todd, Kentucky, United States
1 year
elder brother
17 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Curtis Nelson Lyon
Birth: May 14, 1899 24 20Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 20, 1986Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
Eunice Lea Lyon
Birth: September 13, 1906 31 27Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 11, 1986Todd, Kentucky, United States
Family with Jennings Bryan Gant - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
5 years
son
Carl Merlin Gant
Birth: November 3, 1928 31 25Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 31, 1947Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Howard Lloyd Gant
Birth: March 23, 1933 35 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 2004Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
22 months
daughter
Patricia June “Patsy” Gant
Birth: January 21, 1935 37 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 2017Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Jennings Bryan Gant + Agnes Crystal Bennett - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: after 1940

Eula Mae Lyon has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Prince Edgar Lyon - Household

Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Lyon, P EheadMW35M116KYTNKYBlacksmith
Lyon, Carma AwifeFW31M11655KYKYKY
Lyon, C EsonMW15SKYKYKY
Lyon, Amy BdaughterFW13SKYKYKY
Lyon, C NsonMW10SKYKYKY
Lyon, Eula MdaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Lyon, Ellla DdaughterFW3SKYKYKY

Hard to read - Eunice is Ella?

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Prince Edgar Lyon - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Lyon, PrinceheadMW45MKYKYKYKorse ShoerOwn shop
Lyon, CarmiewifeFW41MKYKYKY
Lyon, EuladaughterFW16SKYKYKY
Lyon, EunicedaughterFW13SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jennings Bryan Gant - Household

Sharon Grove & Mt. Sharon Rd Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gant, Jennings BheadMW32M22KYKYKYFarmingOn Farm
Gant, Eula MwifeFW26M16KYKYKY
Gant, Mildred JdaughterFW8SKYKYKY
Gant, Carl MsonMW1-1mSKYKYKY