The Shemwell Family

George Marion CarterAge: 68 years18741942

Name
George Marion Carter
Given names
George Marion
Surname
Carter
Also known as
Marion George Carter
Birth about 1874
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageSarah Elizabeth “Sallie” McGeheeView this family
June 23, 1905 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Earl A Carter
June 30, 1908 (Age 34 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#2
George Lloyd “Loy” Carter
May 7, 1910 (Age 36 years)
Note: Birth date/place found in California Death Index
Birth of a daughter
#3
Loretta Elizabeth Carter
March 27, 1914 (Age 40 years)
Note: Birth date/place from California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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
Birth of a daughter
#4
Effie Ellen Carter
December 26, 1918 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 44 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 7, 1920 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 13, 1930 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Barbara Jeanette Burchett
October 21, 1933 (Age 59 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Lloyd “Loy” CarterMartha Katherine SmartView this family
September 5, 1936 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childRaymond Holliday ShrumEffie Ellen CarterView this family
November 20, 1937 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Gloria Ann Shrum
April 25, 1940 (Age 66 years)
Note: Gloria Ann Shrum
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 November 3, 1942 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hall Cemetery
Family with Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” McGehee - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: June 23, 1905Aplin, Perry, Arkansas, United States
3 years
son
Earl A Carter
Birth: June 30, 1908 34 25Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 18, 1983Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
22 months
son
George Lloyd “Loy” Carter
Birth: May 7, 1910 36 27Walnut Grove, Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 23, 1973Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
daughter
5 years
daughter
Effie Ellen Carter
Birth: December 26, 1918 44 36Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 25, 2010Huntington Beach, Orange, California, United States
John Wesley Cochran + Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” McGehee - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: June 11, 1899Honland, Lamar, Texas, United States
3 years
step-daughter
16 months
step-daughter

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Marion George Carter - Household

Walnut Grove, Perry, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carter, Marion GheadMW36M24ARGAARFarmerGeneral Farm
Carter, Sara EwifeFW27M2443ARUSAR
Carter, GroversonMW18SARARAR
Carter, CharlessonMW11SARARAR
Carter, Earl AsonMW2SARARAR
Cochran, Willie Astep daughterFW10STXTXAR
Cochran, Milliestep daughterFW8STXTXAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Marion George Carter - Household

Alpin Road Aplin, Perry, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Carter, Marion GheadMW46MARMOARFarmerGeneral Farm
Carter, Sallie EwifeFW37MARARAR
Carter, Earl AsonMW11SARARAR
Carter, George LsonMW9SARARAR
Carter, Lora EdaughterFW6SARARAR
Carter, Effie EdaughterMW1SARARAR
Cochran, Willie Asister in lawFW19SARTXAR

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Marion George Carter - Household

Hunt, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carter, Marion GheadMW54M19ARTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Carter, SarawifeFW47M18ARARAR
Carter, LoysonMW19SARARARFarm LaborerGeneral Farm
Carter, EffiedaughterFW11SARARAR