The Shemwell Family

Earle Leo Epps SrAge: 69 years19051974

Name
Earle Leo Epps Sr
Given names
Earle Leo
Surname
Epps
Name suffix
Sr
Birth January 11, 1905 29 28
Census May 16, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 January 16, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
Death of a motherMary Jane Miller
November 11, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Marriage of a parentBenjamin Franklin EppsGertrude Elizabeth GreggView this family
September 4, 1943 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 fatherBenjamin Franklin Epps
April 27, 1958 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sisterHazel Helen Epps
August 28, 1969 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 September 25, 1974 (Age 69 years)
Associate: Benjamin Franklin Epps
Associate: Mary Jane Miller
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valhalla Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Benjamin Franklin Epps
Birth: January 1, 1876 36 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: April 27, 1958Overland, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
mother
Mary Jane Miller
Birth: June 2, 1876St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: November 11, 1940Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 15, 1898Butler, Missouri, United States
14 months
elder brother
Harry Epps
Birth: December 3, 1899 23 23Missouri, United States
Death: December 24, 1899Missouri, United States
19 months
elder sister
Hazel Helen Epps
Birth: July 15, 1901 25 25Missouri, United States
Death: August 28, 1969Missouri, United States
4 years
himself
Earle Leo Epps Sr
Birth: January 11, 1905 29 28Missouri, United States
Death: September 25, 1974Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Gertrude Elizabeth Gregg - View this family
father
Benjamin Franklin Epps
Birth: January 1, 1876 36 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: April 27, 1958Overland, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
step-mother
Gertrude Elizabeth Gregg
Birth: April 2, 1888Creighton, Cass, Missouri, United States
Death: April 25, 1989Swansea, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Marriage: September 4, 1943St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Earle Leo Epps Sr has 19 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Epps - Household

ED 10 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Epps, Benjamin FheadMW33M111MOUnited StatesUnited StatesEnglishButcherWNo0YesYesOMH
Epps, MarywifeFW33M11132MOUnited StatesUnited StatesEnglishNoneYesYes
Epps, HazeldaughterFW8SMOMOMOEnglishNoneYes
Epps, EarlsonMW5SMOMOMONoneNo
Williamson, ErnestboarderMW23SMOUnited StatesUnited StatesLaborerRailroadWNo0YesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Epps - Household

ED 138 St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Epps, BenheadRMW44MYesYesMOMOMOYesMch OperatorSoap FactoryW
Epps, MarywifeFW43MYesYesMOMOMOYesMch OperatorHat FactoryW
Epps, HazeldaughterFW18SNoYesYesMOMOMOYesOperatorTelephone CoS
Epps, EarlesonMW15SYesYesYesMOMOMOYes