The Shemwell Family

Leonard Allen SmithAge: 54 years19171971

Name
Leonard Allen Smith
Given names
Leonard Allen
Surname
Smith
Birth April 30, 1917 28 27
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 8 months)

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 9, 1920 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 11, 1940 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 son
#1
Phillip Mac Smith
May 23, 1947 (Age 30 years)
Census April 12, 1950 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 motherAnna Agnes Jaske
April 15, 1960 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherFrederick Alan Smith
July 15, 1960 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 19, 1971 (Age 54 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Corzine Cemetery
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father
Frederick Alan Smith
Birth: February 24, 1889Milo, Lincoln, Kansas, United States
Death: July 15, 1960Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
mother
Anna Agnes Jaske
Birth: February 11, 1890Lincoln, Kansas, United States
Death: April 15, 1960Goldsberry, Howell, Missouri, United States
Marriage: about 1911Kansas, United States
6 years
himself
Leonard Allen Smith
Birth: April 30, 1917 28 27Milo, Lincoln, Kansas, United States
Death: August 19, 1971Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Family with Geneva Fern Craven - View this family
himself
Leonard Allen Smith
Birth: April 30, 1917 28 27Milo, Lincoln, Kansas, United States
Death: August 19, 1971Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
wife
son
Phillip Mac Smith
Birth: May 23, 1947 30 25Kansas, United States
Death: October 7, 2001Kansas, United States
son
Private
James Martin Taylor + Geneva Fern Craven - View this family
wife’s husband
James Martin Taylor
Birth: August 1, 1920 22 21
Death: September 10, 1989Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: January 18, 1979Kansas, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Frederick Alan Smith - Household

Fountain, Ottawa, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Smith, Frederick AheadRMW30MYesYesKSMIBohemiaBohemianYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Smith, Anna AwifeFW29MYesYesKSOHGermanyGermanYesNone
Smith, Christina BdaughterFW6SYesKSKSKSNone
Smith, Ernest JsonMW4 years 4 monthsSKSKSKSNone
Smith, Leonard AsonMW2 years 8 monthsSKSKSKSNone
Smith, Raymond CsonMW0 years 4 monthsSKSKSKSNone
Jaske, Elizabeth Tmother-in-lawFW52WdYesYesOHGermanGermanyGermanYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven - Household

Valverde, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Craven, Ben RxheadO1200YesMW49MNoKSFarmerFarmOA520
Craven, Pearl MwifeFW50MNoKS
Craven, Geneva FdaughterFW19SNoKS
Craven, VirginiadaughterFW6SYesKS
Smith, LeonardlodgerMW23SNoKSHelperFarmN1520

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Allen Smith - Household

Valverde, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Smith, LeonardheadMW32MarKSWK40FarmerFarmO
Smith, GenevawifeFW29MarKSH
Smith, PhillipsonMW2NevKS