The Shemwell Family

Gladys Inez SissellAge: 95 years18971993

Name
Gladys Inez Sissell
Given names
Gladys Inez
Surname
Sissell
Married name
Gladys Inez Walker
Birth September 8, 1897 35 32
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 months)
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 1, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Earl Sissell
February 2, 1903 (Age 5 years)
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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/
Religious marriageArthur Alonzo WalkerView this family
1919 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEleanor “Ellen” Clauson
November 22, 1921 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 7, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Death of a motherAnnette “Nettie” Harris
September 13, 1931 (Age 34 years)
Death of a sisterEthel Ann Sissell
1933 (Age 35 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 brotherWilliam Earl Sissell
February 28, 1954 (Age 56 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Zachariah Sissell
March 31, 1956 (Age 58 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Reuel Sissell
June 17, 1971 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 of a brotherKenneth Ray Sissell
July 1981 (Age 83 years)
Death of a husbandArthur Alonzo Walker
August 14, 1984 (Age 86 years)

Death June 23, 1993 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1884Kansas, United States
14 months
elder sister
Ethel Ann Sissell
Birth: March 10, 1885 22 20Republic, Republic, Kansas, United States
Death: 1933Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
4 years
elder brother
16 months
elder brother
Kenneth Ray Sissell
Birth: September 24, 1890 28 25Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States
Death: July 1981Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States
7 years
herself
Gladys Inez Sissell
Birth: September 8, 1897 35 32Mississippi, United States
Death: June 23, 1993Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
5 years
younger brother
William Earl Sissell
Birth: February 2, 1903 40 37Mississippi, United States
Death: February 28, 1954Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Family with Arthur Alonzo Walker - View this family
husband
herself
Gladys Inez Sissell
Birth: September 8, 1897 35 32Mississippi, United States
Death: June 23, 1993Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Marriage: 1919Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Zachariah Sissell - Household

Lafayette, Mississippi, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Sissell, William ZheadWMSep186237M16IATNILfarmer
Sissell,NettiewifeWFFeb186535M1644KSMICanada
Sissell, EtheldaughterWFMar188515SKSIAKS
Sissell, ReuelsonWMMay188811SKSIAKSlaborer
Sissell, RaysonWMSep18909SKSIAKS
Sissell, GladysdaughterWFSep18972SMSIAKS

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Zachariah Sissell - Household

Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Sissell, William ZheadMW47M26IATNILfarmer
Sissell, AnnettewifeFW46M2655KSMICanada
Sissell, EtheldaughterFW25SKSIAKS
Sissell, RaysonMW19SKSIAKSlaborer
Sissell, GladysdaughterFW12SMSIAKS
Sissell, William EsonMW7SMSIAKS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Alonzo Walker - Household

Blount Street Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Walker, ArthurheadMW33M22MSMSMSBarberOwn Shop
Walker, GladyswifeFW31M20MSIAKSClerkR R Office

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Alonzo Walker - Household

Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Walker, ArthurheadMW44MMSSame HouseBarberBarber Shop
Walker, GladyswifeFW42MMSSame HouseStenographerSupt. Education County
Sissell, William ZFather in LawMW77WdIARuralYalobushaMSFarmerFarm