The Shemwell Family

Autie Drusilla SmithAge: 98 years19032001

Name
Autie Drusilla Smith
Given names
Autie Drusilla
Surname
Smith
Married name
Autie Drusilla Pruitt
Birth February 27, 1903
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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/
MarriageWilliam Delmer PruittView this family
March 16, 1919 (Age 16 years)
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy L Pruitt
June 24, 1929 (Age 26 years)
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
Census April 23, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Delma Sue Pruitt
May 19, 1933 (Age 30 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 37 years)
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
Census April 18, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 husbandWilliam Delmer Pruitt
October 10, 1981 (Age 78 years)
Death November 17, 2001 (Age 98 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Summers Cemetery
Family with William Delmer Pruitt - View this family
husband
William Delmer Pruitt
Birth: September 19, 1899 43 41Arkansas, United States
Death: October 10, 1981Boone, Arkansas, United States
herself
Autie Drusilla Smith
Birth: February 27, 1903Sugar Loaf Township, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 17, 2001Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: March 16, 1919Boone, Arkansas, United States
10 years
daughter
Dorothy L Pruitt
Birth: June 24, 1929 29 26Arkansas, United States
Death: April 9, 2016Clarksville, Red River, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
Delma Sue Pruitt
Birth: May 19, 1933 33 30Pyatt, Marion, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 9, 2021Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Delmer Pruitt - Household

ED 50 Sugar Loaf, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pruitt, William DheadMW20MYesYesARARARYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Pruitt, AutiewifeFW16MNoYesYesARARARYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Delmer Pruitt - Household

Sugarloaf, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pruitt, William DheadO1500YesMW30M20NoYesARARARYesFarmerGeneral FarmOYesNo
Pruitt, Autie DwifeFW26M16NoYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, Dorothy LdaughterFW4/12SNoARARARNone
Pruitt, William AfatherMW74Wd20NoYesARUSUSNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Delmer Pruitt - Household

Blythe, Marion, Arkansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Pruitt, DelmerxheadO200YesMW40MNoARFarmerFarmOA
Pruitt, AutiewifeFW37MNoAR
Pruitt, DarthadaughterFW10SYesAR
Pruitt, Delma SdaughterFW6SYesAR

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - William Delmer Pruitt - Household

Lee, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Pruitt, Delmar WheadMW50MarARWK40CarpenterHouse BuildingP
Pruitt, Autie DwifeFW47MarARH