The Shemwell Family

Carrie Lee JohnsAge: 80 years18941974

Name
Carrie Lee Johns
Given names
Carrie Lee
Surname
Johns
Married name
Carrie Lee Blakely
Birth May 21, 1894 32 25
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 6 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 15 years)
Death of a brotherRoscoe Melvin Johns
August 5, 1910 (Age 16 years)
MarriageLeo H BlakelyView this family
November 25, 1915 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#1
Leo H Blakely Jr.
July 5, 1917 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Farmer Johns
July 19, 1917 (Age 23 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ellen “Nannie” Shelton
January 5, 1918 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Thomas Shelton
October 31, 1918 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 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 23 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
#2
Kenneth Lloyd Blakely
August 10, 1919 (Age 25 years)
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 5, 1930 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Raymond Richard Blakely
February 2, 1931 (Age 36 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Elizabeth Holland
March 20, 1931 (Age 36 years)
Death of a brotherEarnest Fay Johns
January 30, 1939 (Age 44 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 brotherEmory Ray Johns
October 1974 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 20, 1974 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Alva Municipal 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
elder brother
Emory Ray Johns
Birth: December 8, 1890 29 22Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1974Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
herself
Carrie Lee Johns
Birth: May 21, 1894 32 25Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 20, 1974Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Leo H Blakely - View this family
husband
herself
Carrie Lee Johns
Birth: May 21, 1894 32 25Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 20, 1974Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: November 25, 1915Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
19 months
son
Leo H Blakely Jr.
Birth: July 5, 1917 21 23Liberal, Barton, Missouri, United States
Death: September 1984Las Cruces, Dona Ana, New Mexico, United States
2 years
son
Kenneth Lloyd Blakely
Birth: August 10, 1919 23 25Hammon, Roger Mills, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 25, 1996Brewster, Thomas, Kansas, United States
12 years
son
Raymond Richard Blakely
Birth: February 2, 1931 34 36Kansas, United States
Death: August 10, 2011Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States

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 - Leo Blakely - Household

Braodway Kiowa, Roger Mills, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Blakely, Leo HheadMW24MMOMOMOEditorCounty Paper
Blakely, Carrie LwifeFW24MMOILILType SetterPrinting Office
Blakely, Leo HsonMW3SMOMOMO
Blakely, Kenneth LsonMW5mSOKMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Leo H Blakely - Household

112 Elm Street Peabody, Marion, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Blakely, Leo HheadMW34M20MOMOMOLineotype OperatorNewspaper Office
Blakely, CarriewifeFW34M20MOILIL
Blakely, Leo H JrsonMW12SMOMOMO
Blakely, KennethsonMW10SOKMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leo H Blakely - Household

1940 Osborne, Osborne, Kansas - Leo H Blakely

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Blakely, Leo HheadMW43MMORMarionKSLine Type OPeratorNewspaper
Blakely, Carrie LXwifeFW44MMORMarionKS
Blakely, Kenneth LsonMW20SOKRMarionKSAttendantFilling Station
Blakely, Raymond RsonMW9SKSRMarionKS