The Shemwell Family

Oliver Andy MaxeyAge: 89 years1894–1984

Name
Oliver Andy Maxey
Given names
Oliver Andy
Surname
Maxey
Birth November 6, 1894
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
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
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/
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 12, 1930 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Bobby Gene Maxey
September 30, 1931 (Age 36 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 45 years)
Military
WWII Draft
April 26, 1942 (Age 47 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 wifeMendie Lou Huffman
December 25, 1962 (Age 68 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 September 29, 1984 (Age 89 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairfax Cemetery
Family with Mendie Lou Huffman - View this family
himself
wife
son
Private
son
Bobby Gene Maxey
Birth: September 30, 1931 36 37 — Arkansas, United States
Death: April 23, 2009 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Andy Maxey - Household

Pleasant Ridge, Fulton, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Maxey, OliverheadMW26MARININFarmerGeneral Farm
Maxey, MendywifeFW26MARNCAR
McCord, MarthasisterFW33WdARIBINFarmerHome Farm
McCord, RachelneiceFW10SARARAR
McCord, VirgilnephewMW8SARARARFarmerHome Farm
McCord, PearlneiceFW5SARARAR

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Andy Maxey - Household

318 North Cosden Shidler, Osage, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Maxey, O AlbertheadMW35M19ARININManagerGrocery Store
Maxey, MendywifeFW35M19ARTNAR

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Andy Maxey - Household

Fairfax, Osage, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Maxey, OliverheadMW45MARSame PlaceManagerGrocery Store
Maxey, MendywifeFW45MARSame PlaceClerkGrocery Store
Maxey, Bobby JeansonMW8SARSame Place