The Shemwell Family

Willie EzellAge: 52 years18991951

Name
Willie Ezell
Given names
Willie
Surname
Ezell
Birth about 1899 28 26
Census July 18, 1900 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a brotherJessie Ezell
about 1901 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentRansom B “Rance” McGeheeCarrie L DryView this family
August 10, 1905 (Age 6 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 51 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 47 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 1951 (Age 52 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mulberry Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 26, 1893Panola, Mississippi, United States
elder sister
Pearl E Ezell
Birth: September 21, 1893 23 21Mississippi, United States
Death: May 14, 1960Arkansas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Jeanie Ezell
Birth: about 1896 25 23Mississippi, United States
Death:
4 years
himself
Willie Ezell
Birth: about 1899 28 26Mississippi, United States
Death: 1951Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Jessie Ezell
Birth: about 1901 30 28Mississippi, United States
Death:
Mother’s family with Ransom B “Rance” McGehee - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: August 10, 1905Aplin, Perry, Arkansas, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Robert Ezell - Household

Quitman, Mississippi, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Ezell, RobertheadWMSep187029M6MSGAMSFarmer0NoNoYes??F
Ezell, Carrie LwifeWFSep187227M633MSNCMSNoNoYes
Ezell, Pearl EdaughterWFSep18945SMSMSMS
Ezell, JeaniedaughterWF18964SMSMSMS
Ezell, WilliesonWM18972SMSMSMS
Tyner, MarysisterWF187723Wd33MSMSMSFarm LaborerNoNoYes
Tyner, FannienieceWF18909SMSMSMS
Tyner, JamesnephewWM18964SMSMSMS
Tyner, SamnephewWM19001/12SMSMSMS

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Ransom B McGehee - Household

Lower Aplin And Perryville Road Aplin, Perry, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McGehee, Ransom BheadMW63M25GAGAGAFarmerGeneral Farm
McGehee, CarriewifeFW38M2563MSNCMS
Ezell, Pearl Estep daughterFW15SMSGAMS
Ezell, Williestep sonMW11SMSGAMS
Ezell, Jessiestep sonMW9SMSGAMS