The Shemwell Family

John Roland McCordAge: 81 years18881969

Name
John Roland McCord
Given names
John Roland
Surname
McCord
Birth September 19, 1888
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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 27 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WW1 Draft
June 25, 1917 (Age 28 years)
MarriageLizzie HuffmanView this family
July 15, 1917 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#1
James Chester McCord
April 19, 1918 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 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 29 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 20, 1920 (Age 31 years)
Death of a wifeLizzie Huffman
November 30, 1921 (Age 33 years)
MarriageMartha DayView this family
April 14, 1925 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 18, 1930 (Age 41 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Linda F McCord
November 21, 1941 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 61 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 wifeMartha Day
May 18, 1957 (Age 68 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 December 3, 1969 (Age 81 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wiles Cemetery
Family with Lizzie Huffman - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: July 15, 1917Sharp, Arkansas, United States
9 months
son
Family with Martha Day - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: April 14, 1925Fulton, Arkansas, United States
Samuel Moses Halliburton + Lizzie Huffman - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: June 23, 1907Sharp, Arkansas, United States
18 months
step-daughter
Aranie S House + Lizzie Huffman - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: October 29, 1913Sharp, Arkansas, United States

Census
1920 United States - Census transcript - J Roland McCord - Household Pleasant Ridge, Fulton, Arkansas, United States .start_formatted_area. .b.Name|.b.Relation|.b.Home|.b.Mort|.b.Sex|.b.Race|.b.Age|.b.Condition|.b.Imm|.b.Nat|.b.NatY|.b.School|.b.R|.b.W|.b.BP|.b.Lang|.b.FBP|.b.Father lang|.b.MBP|.b.Mother lang|.b.Eng|.b.Occupation|.b.Ind|.b.Emp McCord, Roland|head|||M|W|32|M|||||||AR||AR||AR|||farmer|| McCord, Lizzie|wife|||F|W|29|M|||||||AR||NC||AR||||| McCord, James C|son|||M|W|1 year 8 months|S|||||||AR||AR||AR||||| Halliburton, Dora M|stepdaughter|||F|W|11|S|||||||AR||UN||UN||||| .end_formatted_area.
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Roland McCord - Household

Unimproved Dirt Road Pleasant Ridge, Fulton, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McCord, Roland JheadMW42M28ARARARFarmerGeneral Farm
McCord, MarthawifeFW24M19MOSDMO
McCord, J ChestersonMW11SARARAR
McCord, CarliesonMW4-4mSARARMO
McCord, RobertsonMW3-5mSARARMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Roland McCord - Household

Pleasant Ridge, Fulton, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McCord, John RXheadMW55MARSame PlaceFarmerFarming
McCord, MarthawifeFW35MARSame Place
McCord, ChestersonMW22SARSame PlaceFarm HelperFarm
McCord, HaroldFarm HelperFarm
McCord, Robert
McCord, Dale
McCord, Vernon
McCord, Ruby Lee