The Shemwell Family

Lillie Wilson1903

Name
Lillie Wilson
Given names
Lillie
Surname
Wilson
Married name
Lillie Pruitt
Birth about 1903

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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
MarriageDave PruittView this family
February 27, 1963 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 of a husbandDave Pruitt
May 27, 1978 (Age 75 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Dave Pruitt - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: February 27, 1963Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Dave Pruitt + Emma Jane Davis - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
step-son
Jim Ewell Pruitt
Birth: March 11, 1920 27 20Arkansas, United States
Death: June 13, 1996De Baca, New Mexico, United States
11 months
step-daughter
Lillian Audry Pruitt
Birth: February 7, 1921 28 21Arkansas, United States
Death: December 5, 2001Oklahoma, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Esther Pauline Pruitt
Birth: March 29, 1924 31 24Arkansas, United States
Death: October 2, 1988Oklahoma, United States
18 months
step-son
Delmer Pruitt
Birth: October 3, 1925 33 26Arkansas, United States
Death: August 1979Oklahoma, United States
22 months
step-daughter
Ollie Mae Pruitt
Birth: August 5, 1927 35 27Deer, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 6, 2010Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
19 months
step-son
Archie Pruitt
Birth: March 16, 1929 36 29Deer, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 27, 2014Oklahoma, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Hazel Ora Pruitt
Birth: May 4, 1933 40 33Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 14, 2011Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
step-daughter
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