The Shemwell Family

Earl Byron McCraryAge: 87 years19011989

Name
Earl Byron McCrary
Given names
Earl Byron
Surname
McCrary
Birth October 1, 1901 49 40
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Guy Earl McCrary
September 13, 1923 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherJames Walton McCrary
November 8, 1923 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Troy Byron McCrary
August 6, 1927 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Leo Harley McCrary
February 22, 1929 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 9, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Death of a wifeLetha Jane Brewer
February 29, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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
Birth of a son
#4
Ted Don McCrary
May 3, 1947 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherMartha Ellen Powers
May 15, 1947 (Age 45 years)
Census April 15, 1950 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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
Marriage of a childLeo Harley McCraryPatricia Rose DeprezView this family
October 1970 (Age 69 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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
MarriageLouise JunglingView this family
August 3, 1982 (Age 80 years)

Death January 7, 1989 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kansas Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
James Walton McCrary
Birth: February 2, 1852Rusk, Texas, United States
Death: November 8, 1923Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States
mother
Martha Ellen Powers
Birth: November 1, 1860Comanche, Texas, United States
Death: May 15, 1947Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States
Marriage:
himself
Family with Letha Jane Brewer - View this family
himself
wife
son
Guy Earl McCrary
Birth: September 13, 1923 21 18Rockwall, Rock, Texas, United States
Death: July 14, 2002
4 years
son
Troy Byron McCrary
Birth: August 6, 1927 25 22Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States
Death: October 26, 2008Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
19 months
son
Leo Harley McCrary
Birth: February 22, 1929 27 23Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: July 26, 2015Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
Family with Bessie Mae Nation - View this family
himself
wife
Bessie Mae Nation
Birth: August 9, 1909Texas, United States
Death: September 29, 2004Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Ted Don McCrary
Birth: May 3, 1947 45 37Tulia, Swisher, Texas, United States
Death: June 4, 2016Twin Oaks, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Louise Jungling - View this family
himself
wife
Louise Jungling
Birth: February 1, 1916Thernfeld, Czechoslovakia
Death: September 12, 2006Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: August 3, 1982

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Earl Byron McCrary - Household

Wood, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McCrary, EarlheadMW28M20TXTXTXFarmerGeneral Farming
Brewer, LeathawifeFW25M17TXTNAR
McCrary, GuysonMW6STXTXTX
McCrary, TroysonMW2STXTXTX
McCrary, LeosonMW1-1mMTXTXTX