The Shemwell Family

Ruel “Shorty” CrowAge: 77 years19061983

Name
Ruel “Shorty” Crow
Given names
Ruel
Surname
Crow
Nickname
Shorty
Birth January 16, 1906 53 38

MarriageMyrtle LyonsView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 daughter
#1
Carolyn Crow
September 5, 1929 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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
Birth of a daughter
#2
Marion Joyce Crow
February 1, 1931 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Flora Frances Crow
February 23, 1933 (Age 27 years)

Death of a fatherThomas Ware Crow
September 21, 1935 (Age 29 years)
Death of a daughterFlora Frances Crow
November 4, 1935 (Age 29 years)

Death of a daughterMarion Joyce Crow
December 1, 1936 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a son
#4
Thomas Ruel Crow
May 12, 1937 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a son
#5
James Hoyt Crow
April 22, 1942 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Death of a motherMary Ann “Anna” Carter
December 2, 1946 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 brotherKyle Crow
January 13, 1966 (Age 59 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 August 15, 1983 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Moore Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
Thomas Manlantin Crow
Birth: December 13, 1887 35 20Yell, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 30, 1898Yell, Arkansas, United States
21 months
elder brother
16 years
himself
Family with Myrtle Lyons - View this family
himself
wife
Myrtle Lyons
Birth: June 29, 1911 40 34Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 13, 1998Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Marriage:
daughter
17 months
daughter
2 years
daughter
4 years
son
Thomas Ruel Crow
Birth: May 12, 1937 31 25
Death: December 22, 2004San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
5 years
son
James Hoyt Crow
Birth: April 22, 1942 36 30Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 28, 2020Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States