The Shemwell Family

Claude Luther WilesAge: 66 years19151981

Name
Claude Luther Wiles
Given names
Claude Luther
Surname
Wiles
Birth April 10, 1915 28 27
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 months)

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 20 months)

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 2 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 4 years)
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge E Huffman
March 16, 1921 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherClyde Russell Wiles
November 18, 1926 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 14 years)

Note: Not in 1930/40 Census... would have been 11. Not mentioned in Clyde's obit. -b
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Freda Jean Wiles
January 30, 1937 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Barbara Annette Wiles
December 19, 1939 (Age 24 years)
Census April 22, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Military
WW2 Draft
October 16, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 52 years)

Death of a motherLucinda Cardilla “Lucy” Huffman
1970 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 August 9, 1981 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wiles Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 15, 1905Sharp, Arkansas, United States
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
Eula May Wiles
Birth: May 26, 1913 26 26Ash Flat, Sharp, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 15, 1998
22 months
himself
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
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himself
Claude Luther Wiles
Birth: April 10, 1915 28 27Hardy, Sharp, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 9, 1981Arkansas, United States
wife
daughter
Freda Jean Wiles
Birth: January 30, 1937 21 20Minturn, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 19, 2006
3 years
daughter
Barbara Annette Wiles
Birth: December 19, 1939 24 23Minturn, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 13, 2007
son
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Claude Luther Wiles has 18 first cousins recorded

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 - James Lloyd Wiles - Household

Ashland, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wiles, James LheadMW44M18ARTNMO
Wiles, Lucy CwifeFW44M18ARNCAR
Wiles, Eula MdaughterFW16SARARAR
Wiles, Claude LsonMW14SARARAR
Wiles, Clyde CsonMW3SARARAR

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Claude Luther Wiles - Household

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Wiles, Claude LXheadMW25MARSame PlaceLabourOn Farm
Wiles, LatainwifeFW24MARSame Place
Wiles, Freda JdaughterFW3SAR
Wiles, Barbara AdaughterFW2mSAR