The Shemwell Family

Charles W Pitts

Name
Charles W Pitts
Given names
Charles W
Surname
Pitts
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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

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

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

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/
MarriageMinnie Anne WebbView this family
calculated 1928

Birth of a son
#1
Curtis Franklin Pitts
August 27, 1929
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929

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
Birth of a daughter
#2
Billy Jean “Jeayne” Pitts
October 19, 1931
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945

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
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
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 wifeMinnie Anne Webb
August 15, 1995
Death of a daughterBilly Jean “Jeayne” Pitts
June 19, 2000
Death of a sonCurtis Franklin Pitts
December 3, 2000
Deathunknown

Family with Minnie Anne Webb - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: calculated 1928
20 months
son
Curtis Franklin Pitts
Birth: August 27, 1929 24Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: December 3, 2000Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
2 years
daughter
Billy Jean “Jeayne” Pitts
Birth: October 19, 1931 26Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States
Death: June 19, 2000Lubbock, Texas, United States
… … + Minnie Anne Webb - View this family
wife
step-son
Jack Doyle Webb
Birth: August 7, 1925 20Rogers, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: June 17, 1994Lubbock, Texas, United States
Private + Minnie Anne Webb - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife

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