The Shemwell Family

Joseph WillAge: 61 years18861948

Name
Joseph Will
Given names
Joseph
Surname
Will
Birth November 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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/
MarriageBessie Anna TroutmanView this family
about 1927 (Age 40 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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 May 2, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 1948 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Round Springs Cemetery
Family with Bessie Anna Troutman - View this family
himself
wife
Bessie Anna Troutman
Birth: February 5, 1885 29 22Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States
Death: November 1966Mitchell, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1927Kansas, United States

Marriage
Marriage info based on 1930 Census
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Will - Household

ED 8 Blue Hill, Mitchell, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wills, JosephheadORYesMW44M41NoYesKSGermanyKansasYesFarmerFarmOYes
Wills, BessiewifeFW45M42NoYesILINILYesNone
Troutman, Myrtlesisteer-in-lawFW35SNoYesILINILYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Will - Household

Blue Hill, Mitchell, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Wills, JosephxheadO500YesMW54MNoKSFarmerFarmOA520Yes
Wills, BessiewifeFW55MNoIL