The Shemwell Family

Joe Richard MitchellAge: 93 years19021996

Name
Joe Richard Mitchell
Given names
Joe Richard
Surname
Mitchell
Birth October 18, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 daughter
#1
Avis Jean Mitchell
January 31, 1926 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Floice Juanell Mitchell
August 18, 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 8, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 43 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 April 21, 1996 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lee Cemetery
Family with Esta Olivia Brewer - View this family
himself
Joe Richard Mitchell
Birth: October 18, 1902Kaufman, Texas, United States
Death: April 21, 1996Winnsboro, Wood, Texas, United States
wife
daughter
Avis Jean Mitchell
Birth: January 31, 1926 23 18Texas, United States
Death: December 26, 2018Winnsboro, Wood, Texas, United States
3 years
daughter
Floice Juanell Mitchell
Birth: August 18, 1928 25 20Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: March 4, 2006Kaufman, Texas, United States
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Joe Richard Mitchell - Household

Hunt, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Mitchell, Joe RheadMW27M22TXTXTXFarmerGeneral Farm
Mitchell, OliviawifeFW22M17TXTNAR
Mitchell, AlisedaughterFW4-1mSTXTXTX
Mitchell, FloicedaughterFW1-11mSTXTXTX