The Shemwell Family

Lula Ethel CappsAge: 38 years18901928

Name
Lula Ethel Capps
Given names
Lula Ethel
Surname
Capps
Married name
Lula Ethel Pruitt
Birth November 19, 1890
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
MarriageLonnie Franklin PruittView this family
October 5, 1909 (Age 18 years)
Census April 23, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Winnie Pruitt
September 4, 1911 (Age 20 years)
Death of a daughterWinnie Pruitt
September 27, 1911 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Gordon Pruitt
about 1916 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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 29, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Census 1925 (Age 34 years)
Death November 23, 1928 (Age 38 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hopewell Cemetery
Family with Lonnie Franklin Pruitt - View this family
husband
herself
Lula Ethel Capps
Birth: November 19, 1890Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 23, 1928Boone, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: October 5, 1909Boone, Arkansas, United States
23 months
daughter
Winnie Pruitt
Birth: September 4, 1911 19 20Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 27, 1911Boone, Arkansas, United States
5 years
son
Gordon Pruitt
Birth: about 1916 24 25Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death:
Lonnie Franklin Pruitt + Gladys Marie Pope - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1930Kansas, United States
15 months
step-son
Frankie Paul Pruitt
Birth: March 30, 1931 39 25Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Death: February 18, 1995Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States
2 years
step-son
Donald J Pruitt
Birth: April 29, 1933 41 27Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 25, 1997Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lonnie Franklin Pruitt - Household

ED 47 Lee, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pruitt, Lonnie FheadMW18M10ARTNAREnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesNoRF
Pruitt, Lula EwifeFW18M1000ARARGAEnglishNoneYesYesNo

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lonnie Franklin Pruitt - Household

ED 45 Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pruitt, Lonnie FheadOFMW28MYesYesARARARYesOperatorSaw MillOA
Pruitt, Lula EthelwifeFW29MYesYesARARGAYesNone
Pruitt, GordonsonMW4SARARAR

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Lonnie Franklin Pruitt - Household

Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Pruitt, Lonnie FranklinheadMW33MARMachinist Helper
Pruitt, EthelwifeFW32MARHousewife
Pruitt, GordonsonMW9SAR