The Shemwell Family

Gus Wood McClearyAge: 83 years18781962

Name
Gus Wood McCleary
Given names
Gus Wood
Surname
McCleary
Birth November 3, 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
MarriageEdna Vaughn DialView this family
October 6, 1904 (Age 25 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 10, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 51 years)
Census April 7, 1940 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 71 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 wifeEdna Vaughn Dial
September 1, 1958 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 October 1, 1962 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Family with Edna Vaughn Dial - View this family
himself
Gus Wood McCleary
Birth: November 3, 1878Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: October 1, 1962Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
wife
Edna Vaughn Dial
Birth: April 13, 1884 30 20Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: September 1, 1958Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1904Fannin, Texas, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Gus Wood McCleary - Household

Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McCleary, Gus WheadMW31M5TXTNKYCashierBank
McCleary, Edna DwifeFW26M500TXTNTX

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Gus Wood McCleary - Household

East Main Street Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McCleary, GusheadMW41MTXTNKYCashierBank
McCleary, EdnawifeFW35MTXTNTX

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Gus Wood McCleary - Household

Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McCleary, Gus WheadMW51M25TXTNTXCity ManagerCity
McCleary, Edna DwifeFW45M20TXTNTX

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Gus Wood McCleary - Household

2216 Fourteenth Street Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McCleary, Gus WheadMW61MTXSame placeLubbockTXAuditorCollege
McCleary, EdnaXwifeFW55MTXSame placeLubbockTX