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Joe B BlandAge: 74 years18941968

Name
Joe B Bland
Given names
Joe B
Surname
Bland
Birth September 16, 1894
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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
MarriageDealia Lavada McGeheeView this family
December 29, 1918 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 23 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 son
#1
Joe Vernon Bland
June 7, 1919 (Age 24 years)
Census January 5, 1920 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nell Virginia Bland
October 18, 1921 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Jack W Bland Bland
February 11, 1924 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 14, 1930 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sonJoe Vernon Bland
December 7, 1930 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 51 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 28, 1968 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Perryville Cemetery
Family with Dealia Lavada McGehee - View this family
himself
Joe B Bland
Birth: September 16, 1894Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 28, 1968Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
wife
Dealia Lavada McGehee
Birth: November 24, 1899 26 20Hattieville, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1986Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: December 29, 1918Perry, Arkansas, United States
5 months
son
Joe Vernon Bland
Birth: June 7, 1919 24 19Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 7, 1930Perryville, Perry, Arkansas, United States
2 years
daughter
Nell Virginia Bland
Birth: October 18, 1921 27 21Perryville, Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 30, 2018Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
2 years
son
Jack W Bland Bland
Birth: February 11, 1924 29 24Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 31, 2010Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Ralph Omar Wilder + Dealia Lavada McGehee - View this family
wife’s husband
Ralph Omar Wilder
Birth: May 15, 1914Maine, United States
Death: March 6, 1985Anaheim, Orange, California, United States
wife
Dealia Lavada McGehee
Birth: November 24, 1899 26 20Hattieville, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1986Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: March 17, 1945Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Joe B Bland - Household

Cherry Hill, Perry, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Bland, Kathernhead (mother)OFFW65WdARTNARYesKeeperBoarding HouseOA
Bland, Joe BsonMW25MYesYesARARARYesPrinterNewspaperS
Bland, Dealia Ldaughter-in-lawFW20MYesYesTXARTXYesNone
Bland, Joe VgrandsonMW0SARARTXNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Joe B Bland - Household

Fourche, Perry, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Bland, Joe BheadRYMW34M26NoYesARARARYesPrinterNewspaper0749WYesNo
Bland, Dealia LwifeFW30M22NoYesTXUSTXYesNone
Bland, Jack WsonMW6SYesARARARNone
Bland, Nell VdaughterFW9SYesARARARNone