The Shemwell Family

Paul Swan DavisAge: 59 years18861946

Name
Paul Swan Davis
Given names
Paul Swan
Surname
Davis
Birth August 26, 1886 37 31
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
Census June 9, 1900 (Age 13 years)
Marriage of a parentDaniel Wesley DavisTessie Margaret PhippsView this family
November 6, 1905 (Age 19 years)
Death of a sisterBertha E Davis
April 11, 1915 (Age 28 years)
Census 1915 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 February 11, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEleanor “Ellen” Clauson
November 22, 1921 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherDaniel Wesley Davis
April 12, 1927 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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 25, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherMartha Elizabeth Sissell
May 7, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 January 12, 1946 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Farmington Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
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mother
Marriage: February 17, 1870Iowa, United States
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Paul Swan Davis
Birth: August 26, 1886 37 31Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States
Death: January 12, 1946Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States
Father’s family with Tessie Margaret Phipps - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 6, 1905Albia, Monroe, Iowa, United States

Paul Swan Davis has 27 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Martha Elizabeth Sissell - Household

Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Davis, Martha EheadWFSep185445M3053IATNILseamstress
Davis, Paul SsonWMAug188613SKSIAIA
Casad, FlossiegranddaughterWFAug188910SMNINIA

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Lou Ida Sissell - Household

Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Kennedy, Lou IdaheadFW55WdIA
Sissell, Eleanor motherFW87WdIL
David, PaulnephewMW28SKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Paul Swan Davis - Household

Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Davis, Paul headMW33SKSKYIAshoemakershoe repair
Davis, MarthamotherFW65WdKSIAIAdressmaker

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Martha Elizabeth Sissell - Household

Cuba, Republic, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Davis, MarthaheadFW75D17IATNTN
Davis, PaulsonMW43D29IAIAIAManagerSuitatorum