The Shemwell Family

Jessie A PruittAge: 83 years19131997

Name
Jessie A Pruitt
Given names
Jessie A
Surname
Pruitt
Birth November 29, 1913 27 26
Birth of a brotherWilburn Argus Pruitt
July 7, 1916 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherWillard A Pruitt
May 9, 1918 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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 January 24, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterJewell M Pruitt
August 15, 1920 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a brotherHarold E Pruitt
December 5, 1924 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Parlee Curtis
December 27, 1924 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterAva Irene Pruitt
July 18, 1927 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 23, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Potter Pruitt Sr.
December 16, 1936 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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 fatherAmos Farris Pruitt
February 7, 1961 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherEtta Mae Ashlock
February 21, 1964 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherWilburn Argus Pruitt
July 5, 1964 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 sisterOrpha May Pruitt
March 15, 1989 (Age 75 years)

Death of a sisterJewell M Pruitt
August 12, 1991 (Age 77 years)
Death of a brotherHarold E Pruitt
May 19, 1994 (Age 80 years)
Death September 10, 1997 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Council Hill Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 14, 1909Newton, Arkansas, United States
14 months
elder brother
Infant Son Pruitt
Birth: January 8, 1911 24 24Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 16, 1911Newton, Arkansas, United States
elder brother
Infant Pruitt
Birth: January 8, 1911 24 24Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 16, 1911Newton, Arkansas, United States
14 months
elder sister
21 months
herself
Jessie A Pruitt
Birth: November 29, 1913 27 26Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 10, 1997Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger brother
Wilburn Argus Pruitt
Birth: July 7, 1916 30 29Deer, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 5, 1964Oklahoma, United States
22 months
younger brother
Willard A Pruitt
Birth: May 9, 1918 32 31Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 31, 2008Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger sister
Jewell M Pruitt
Birth: August 15, 1920 34 33
Death: August 12, 1991Council Hill, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
younger brother
Harold E Pruitt
Birth: December 5, 1924 38 37Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 19, 1994Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger sister
Ava Irene Pruitt
Birth: July 18, 1927 41 40Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 23, 2015Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Amos Farris Pruitt - Household

ED 106 Pleasant Hill, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pruitt, TorrisheadOFMW33MYesYesARARTNYesFarmerGenral FarmOA
Pruitt, MaywifeFW32MYesYesTXKYKYYesNone
Pruitt, AlphadaughterFW7SARARARYesNone
Pruitt, JessiedaughterFW6SARARARYesNone
Pruitt, WillburnsonMW3SARARARYesNone
Pruitt, WillardsonMW1SARARARNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Amos Farris Pruitt - Household

Council Hill, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pruitt, Amos FheadOYesMW44M23NoYesTXARTNYesFarmerFarmOYesNo
Pruitt, Etta MwifeFW44M23NoYesARKYKYYesNone
Pruitt, OrphaDaughterFW18SYesYesARARTXYesNone
Pruitt, JessieDaughterFW16SYesYesARARTXYesNone
Pruitt, WilburnSonMW14SYesYesARARTXYesNone
Pruitt, WillardSonMW12SYesYesARARTXYesNone
Pruitt, JewelDaughterFW9SYesARARTXNone
Pruitt, HaroldSonMW5SNoARARTXNone
Pruitt, AvaDaughterFW3SNoARARTXNone
Pruitt, James PfatherMW81Wd23NoYesARINKYYesFarm LaborFarmWYesNo