The Shemwell Family

Jessie Mae JohnsAge: 88 years19212010

Name
Jessie Mae Johns
Given names
Jessie Mae
Surname
Johns
Married name
Jessie Mae Gant
Birth November 14, 1921 27 27
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 15, 1930 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Dean Johns
April 18, 1930 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBenjamin Hall
August 16, 1930 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterIma Jean Johns
June 4, 1932 (Age 10 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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 maternal grandmotherEva Vick Christian
April 3, 1946 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jimmy Lloyd Gant
October 21, 1946 (Age 24 years)
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 28 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 fatherLloyd Lester Johns Jr.
August 4, 1954 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 brotherBenjamin Thomas Johns
September 16, 1987 (Age 65 years)
Death of a motherEula Blanche Hall
September 13, 1992 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sisterMary Carolyn Johns
September 13, 1997 (Age 75 years)

Death of a brotherWarren Hall Johns
October 22, 2002 (Age 80 years)
Death of a husbandCarl Douglas Gant
June 30, 2009 (Age 87 years)
Death January 27, 2010 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
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father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1912
17 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
Benjamin Thomas Johns
Birth: May 26, 1915 21 21Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 16, 1987Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
Warren Hall Johns
Birth: March 21, 1918 23 23Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 22, 2002Logan, Kentucky, United States
4 years
herself
Jessie Mae Johns
Birth: November 14, 1921 27 27Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 27, 2010Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
8 years
younger sister
Sarah Dean Johns
Birth: April 18, 1930 36 35Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 4, 2022Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ima Jean Johns
Birth: June 4, 1932 38 38Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 29, 2011Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Family with Carl Douglas Gant - View this family
husband
Carl Douglas Gant
Birth: November 23, 1921Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 30, 2009Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Jessie Mae Johns
Birth: November 14, 1921 27 27Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 27, 2010Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
son
Jimmy Lloyd Gant
Birth: October 21, 1946 24 24Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 23, 2013Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lloyd Lester Johns Jr. - Household

Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Johns, LloydheadMW36M18KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Johns, BlanchwifeFW36M18KYKYKY
Johns, Mary CdaughterFW16SKYKYKY
Johns, Ben TsonMW14SKYKYKY
Johns, WarrensonMW12SKYKYKY
Johns, Jessie MdaughterFW8SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lloyd Lester Johns Jr. - Household

Spa? To Stuarts Chapel Road Logan, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Johns, Lloyd LXheadMW45MKYSame PlaceFarmerFarming
Johns, Eula BwifeFW45MKYSame Place
Johns, Mary CdaughterFW26SKYSame Place
Johns, Ben TsonMW24SKYSame PlaceFarmerFarming
Johns, Jessie MdaughterFW18SKYSame Place
Johns, Sarah DdaughterFW9SKYSame Place
Johns, Ima JdaughterFW7SKYSame Place