The Shemwell Family

Beulah May CunninghamAge: 90 years18911982

Name
Beulah May Cunningham
Given names
Beulah May
Surname
Cunningham
Married name
Beulah May McClary
Birth December 4, 1891 29 24
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherRev. John Fox Clark
February 9, 1899 (Age 7 years)
Census June 19, 1900 (Age 8 years)
Census April 2, 1910 (Age 18 years)
Death of a sisterBessie Lee Cunningham
June 11, 1913 (Age 21 years)
MarriageGeorge Curtis McClaryView this family
February 22, 1916 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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 19, 1920 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Marguerite Webb
July 15, 1921 (Age 29 years)

Death of a motherMary W Clark
October 27, 1926 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 38 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Lee Cunningham
November 12, 1940 (Age 48 years)
Cause: Suicide
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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
Census May 3, 1950 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 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 husbandGeorge Curtis McClary
January 3, 1965 (Age 73 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 November 10, 1982 (Age 90 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Walnut Grove Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1887Missouri, United States
1 year
elder brother
Infant Son Cunningham
Birth: January 10, 1888 25 21Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 10, 1888Cooper, Missouri, United States
14 months
elder sister
Bessie Lee Cunningham
Birth: March 3, 1889 26 22
Death: June 11, 1913Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
Family with George Curtis McClary - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: February 22, 1916Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Lee Cunningham - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cunningham, William LheadWMSep186237M13MOVAVAfarmer
Cunningham, MollywifeWFJun186634M1332MOKYVA
Cunningham, Bessie LdaughterWFJan188911SMOMOMO
Cunningham, Beulah MdaughterWFMar18937SMOMOMO
Clark, Marymother in lawWsFNov183465W22VAVAVA

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Lee Cunningham - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cunningham, William LheadMW47MMOVAMOfarmer
Clark, Mary WwifeFW43M32MOKYVA
Cunningham, Bessie LdaughterFW21SMOMO
Cunningham, Beulah MdaughterFW18SMOMOMO
Clark, Mary Emother in lawW77WdVAVAVA

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Curtis McClary - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McClary, George CheadMW29MMOMOMOfarmer
McClary, Beulah MwifeFW28MMOMOMO
Clark, Mary Wmother in lawFW87WdVAVAVA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Curtis McClary - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McClary, George CheadMW39M25MOVAMOfarmer
McClary, Beulah MwifeFW38M24MOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - George Curtis McClary - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McClary, George CheadMW49MMOfarmer
McClary, Beulah MwifeFW48MMO

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - George Curtis McClary - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
McClary, George CheadMW59MarMOfarmingfarm
McClary, Beulah MwifeFW58MarMO