The Shemwell Family

Otho SuttonAge: 88 years19071995

Name
Otho Sutton
Given names
Otho
Surname
Sutton
Birth January 8, 1907
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
MarriageRuth Jane GinnView this family
April 7, 1929 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 15, 1930 (Age 23 years)
DivorceRuth Jane GinnView this family
before 1940 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 2, 1995 (Age 88 years)
Family with Ruth Jane Ginn - View this family
himself
Otho Sutton
Birth: January 8, 1907Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 2, 1995Oklahoma, United States
ex-wife
Ruth Jane Ginn
Birth: April 17, 1907 26 19Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 7, 1999Stanislaus, California, United States
Marriage: April 7, 1929Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Divorce: before 1940
William Henry Ayres + Ruth Jane Ginn - View this family
wife’s husband
William Henry Ayres
Birth: November 22, 1898Auburn, Placer, California, United States
Death: September 14, 1990Stanislaus, California, United States
ex-wife
Ruth Jane Ginn
Birth: April 17, 1907 26 19Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 7, 1999Stanislaus, California, United States
Marriage: after 1940

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Otho Sutton - Household

Eason, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Sutton, OthoheadMW23M22OKOKOKFarmingGeneral Farm
Sutton, RuthwifeFW22M21OKARTX