The Shemwell Family

Christopher Columbus “Lum” ReevesAge: 38 years19031941

Name
Christopher Columbus “Lum” Reeves
Given names
Christopher Columbus
Surname
Reeves
Nickname
Lum
Birth January 8, 1903 29 28
Birth of a brotherVernon Reeves
September 14, 1905 (Age 2 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 7 years)
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/
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Parlee Curtis
December 27, 1924 (Age 21 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Potter Pruitt Sr.
December 16, 1936 (Age 33 years)
Death March 15, 1941 (Age 38 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ogden Cemetery
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father
mother
Mary Arizona “Zona” Pruitt
Birth: October 14, 1874 26 18Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 14, 1948Dutch Mills, Washington, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: May 26, 1895Newton, Arkansas, United States
8 years
himself
Christopher Columbus “Lum” Reeves
Birth: January 8, 1903 29 28Arkansas, United States
Death: March 15, 1941Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Vernon Reeves
Birth: September 14, 1905 31 30Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 25, 1990Arkansas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Reeves - Household

ED 103 Union, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Reeves, George WheadMW36M114ARARAREnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOANoNoOFF
Reeves, ZonawifeFW35M11442ARARAREnglishNoneYesYes
Reeves, ColumbussonMW7SARARARNoneYes
Reeves, VerniesonMW4SARARARNone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Reeves - Household

ED 106 Union, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Reeves, W GeorgeheadOFMW48MNoNoNoARARNEYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Reeves, ZoniawifeFW45MNoYesYesARARARYesFarm LaborerHome Farm
Reeves, LumsonMW16SYesYesYesARARARYesFarm LaborerHome Farm
Reeves, VerniesonMW14SYesYesYesARARARYesFarm LaborerHome Farm