The Shemwell Family

Perry Washington EwingAge: 68 years18731942

Name
Perry Washington Ewing
Given names
Perry Washington
Surname
Ewing
Birth January 14, 1873
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

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 25 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
MarriageMartha B KittrellView this family
January 14, 1903 (Age 30 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 February 12, 1920 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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 12, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 1942 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Martha B Kittrell - View this family
himself
Perry Washington Ewing
Birth: January 14, 1873Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: 1942Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: January 14, 1903Carroll, Arkansas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Perry Washington Ewing - Household

508 S. 1st Street Iola, Allen, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Ewing, Washington PheadMW30M7MOMOMOCrusherCement Plant
Ewing, MarthawifeFW30M700ARARAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Perry Washington Ewing - Household

Treece Street Quapaw, Ottawa, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ewing, Perry WheadMW46MMOUSUSMinerZinc Mine
Ewing, Martha BwifeFW40MARMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Perry Washington Ewing - Household

Galena, Cherokee, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ewing, Wash. TheadMW57M29MOMOMOLaborerLead & Zinc Mine
Ewing, MarthawifeFW50M23ARMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Perry Washington Ewing - Household

N. Euclid Galena, Cherokee, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Ewing, Perry WheadMW67MMOSame House
Ewing, MarthawifeFW62MARSame House