The Shemwell Family

Floyd Newton WilesAge: 86 years19091995

Name
Floyd Newton Wiles
Given names
Floyd Newton
Surname
Wiles
Birth March 10, 1909 22 21
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 13 months)
Birth of a sisterEula May Wiles
May 26, 1913 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherClaude Luther Wiles
April 10, 1915 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 sisterBeulah Wiles
July 10, 1919 (Age 10 years)
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge E Huffman
March 16, 1921 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherClyde Russell Wiles
November 18, 1926 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Wilburn Clifford Wiles
February 7, 1927 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 sisterBeulah Wiles
before 1930 (Age 20 years)

Note: Not in 1930/40 Census... would have been 11. Not mentioned in Clyde's obit. -b
Birth of a daughter
#2
Bernice Wilma Wiles
1930 (Age 20 years)
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Magalean Paulene “Maggie” Wiles
October 25, 1933 (Age 24 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Reba Jean Wiles
November 24, 1942 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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
Marriage of a childLelan Harold SimmonsBernice Wilma WilesView this family
November 24, 1950 (Age 41 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 fatherJames Lloyd “Jim” Wiles
October 15, 1967 (Age 58 years)

Death of a motherLucinda Cardilla “Lucy” Huffman
1970 (Age 60 years)
Death of a wifeEthel Johnson
March 20, 1971 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 brotherClaude Luther Wiles
August 9, 1981 (Age 72 years)
Death September 1, 1995 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lawrence Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 15, 1905Sharp, Arkansas, United States
3 years
himself
4 years
younger sister
Eula May Wiles
Birth: May 26, 1913 26 26Ash Flat, Sharp, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 15, 1998
22 months
younger brother
Claude Luther Wiles
Birth: April 10, 1915 28 27Hardy, Sharp, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 9, 1981Arkansas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Beulah Wiles
Birth: July 10, 1919 32 32Ash Flat, Sharp, Arkansas, United States
Death: before 1930
7 years
younger brother
Clyde Russell Wiles
Birth: November 18, 1926 39 39Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 20, 2019Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Family with Ethel Johnson - View this family
himself
wife
son
Wilburn Clifford Wiles
Birth: February 7, 1927 17 18Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 16, 2019Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
4 years
daughter
Bernice Wilma Wiles
Birth: 1930 20 21Arkansas, United States
Death: March 2, 2013Arkansas, United States
4 years
daughter
Magalean Paulene “Maggie” Wiles
Birth: October 25, 1933 24 24Lindsey, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 17, 2018Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Reba Jean Wiles
Birth: November 24, 1942 33 34Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 12, 2016Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

Floyd Newton Wiles has 18 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George E Huffman - Household

Pleasant Ridge, Fulton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Huffman, George EheadMW62WdNCNCNCfarmer
Huffman, MindadaughterFW16SARNCAR
Halliburton, LizziedaughterFW20M211ARNCAR
Wiles, LucydaughterFW23M211ARNCAR
Wiles, James Lson in lawMW23MARTNMOfarm laborer
Wiles, Floy grandsonMW1 year 6 monthsSARARAR
Halliburton, DoragranddaughterFW1 year 6 monthsS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Lloyd Wiles - Household

Pleasant Ridge Twp, Fulton, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wiles, James LheadMW33MARARMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Wiles, LucywifeFW32MARNCAR
Wiles, FloydsonMW10SARARARFarmerHome Farm
Wiles, EuladaughterFW6SARARAR
Wiles, ClaudesonMW3-8mSARARAR
Wiles, BeulahdaughterFW1-4mSARARAR

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Floyd Newton Wiles - Household

Ashland, Lawrence, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wiles, Floyd NheadMW21M17ARARARLaborerOdd Jobs
Wiles, EthelwifeFW21M17MOMOMO
Wiles, Wilburn CsonMW3-6mSARARMO
Wiles, Wilma BdaughterFW6mSARARMO