The Shemwell Family

Oscar Franklin CappsAge: 93 years18921986

Name
Oscar Franklin Capps
Given names
Oscar Franklin
Surname
Capps
Birth August 3, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Alma Izora Capps
June 21, 1913 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Roberta Faye Capps
March 1, 1916 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 13, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Otis Franklin Capps
April 15, 1922 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 30, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childFloyd Orin StoneAlma Izora CappsView this family
about 1931 (Age 38 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Melvin Wade Stone
June 23, 1932 (Age 39 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childOtis Franklin CappsBetty Jane HenningsView this family
May 16, 1942 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
John C Watkins
December 4, 1947 (Age 55 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn C Watkins
December 6, 1947 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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
Marriage of a childDonald Ray GivensRoberta Faye CappsView this family
May 3, 1974 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 April 30, 1986 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: South Park Cemetery
Family with Jettie Mae Carr - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Alma Izora Capps
Birth: June 21, 1913 20 16Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 12, 1999Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States
3 years
daughter
daughter
Private
son
Otis Franklin Capps
Birth: April 15, 1922 29 25Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 3, 2004Stuart, Martin, Florida, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Oscar Franklin Capps - Household

307 E. 3rd. Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Capps, Oscar FheadMW47MARSame HouseStreet CommCity
Capps, Jettie MXwifeFW43MOKSame House
Capps, Otis FsonMW18SOKSame House