The Shemwell Family

Emory Ray JohnsAge: 83 years18901974

Name
Emory Ray Johns
Given names
Emory Ray
Surname
Johns
Birth December 8, 1890 29 22
MarriageOllie ParhamView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterCarrie Lee Johns
May 21, 1894 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Census June 26, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherRoscoe Melvin Johns
August 5, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherJohn Farmer Johns
July 19, 1917 (Age 26 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ellen “Nannie” Shelton
January 5, 1918 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Thomas Shelton
October 31, 1918 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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 February 23, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Elizabeth Holland
March 20, 1931 (Age 40 years)
Death of a brotherEarnest Fay Johns
January 30, 1939 (Age 48 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 59 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 sisterCarrie Lee Johns
October 20, 1974 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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 October 1974 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Omaha Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1884
3 years
elder brother
Roscoe Melvin Johns
Birth: September 11, 1886 25 17Phelps, Missouri, United States
Death: August 5, 1910Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
Earnest Fay Johns
Birth: February 2, 1889 27 20Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 30, 1939Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
22 months
himself
Emory Ray Johns
Birth: December 8, 1890 29 22Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1974Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger sister
Carrie Lee Johns
Birth: May 21, 1894 32 25Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 20, 1974Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Ollie Parham - View this family
himself
Emory Ray Johns
Birth: December 8, 1890 29 22Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1974Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Ollie Parham
Birth: March 23, 1887Texas, United States
Death: August 14, 1981Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage:

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John F Johns - Household

Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Johns, John FheadWMJun186138M16ILUNUNDay Laborer
Johns, Nancy EwifeWFNov186532M1644ILILKY
Johns, Roscoe MsonWMSep188813SMOILILAt School
Johns, Earnest FsonWMFeb189011SMOILILAt School
Johns, Emory RsonWMDec18919SMOILIL
Johns, CarriedaughterWFMay18946SMOILIL

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John F Johns - Household

9th. Street Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Johns, JohnheadMW48M25ILUNUNLaborerOdd Jobs
Johns, NanniewifeFW41M2544ILILKY
Johns, RoscoesonMW23SMOILIL
Johns, FaysonMW21SMOILIL
Johns, RaysonMW19SMOILIL
Johns, CarriedaughterFW15SMOILIL

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Emory Ray Johns - Household

Ranger, Eastland, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Johns, Emory RheadMW30MMOILILEngineerOil Company
Johns, OlliewifeFW31MTXEnglandMS
Coffee. Christinestep daughterFW16STXTXTX

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Emory Ray Johns - Household

Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Johns, RayXheadMW49MMORTulsaOKEngineerCivil
Johns, OlliewifeFW50MTXRTulsaOK