The Shemwell Family

Vernon ReevesAge: 84 years19051990

Name
Vernon Reeves
Given names
Vernon
Surname
Reeves
Birth September 14, 1905 31 30
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 4 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 6, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Parlee Curtis
December 27, 1924 (Age 19 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 maternal grandfatherJames Potter Pruitt Sr.
December 16, 1936 (Age 31 years)
Death of a brotherChristopher Columbus “Lum” Reeves
March 15, 1941 (Age 35 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
Death of a motherMary Arizona “Zona” Pruitt
April 14, 1948 (Age 42 years)
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 fatherGeorge Washington Reeves
May 5, 1965 (Age 59 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 April 25, 1990 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dutch Mills 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
elder brother
Christopher Columbus “Lum” Reeves
Birth: January 8, 1903 29 28Arkansas, United States
Death: March 15, 1941Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
3 years
himself
Vernon Reeves
Birth: September 14, 1905 31 30Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 25, 1990Arkansas, United States

Vernon Reeves has 82 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (82)

Parents James Anderson Davison + Omie Elizabeth Pruitt
1Willie Davison18941914
2Ethel Davison18971980
3Hobert Davison19011970
4Nancy Emma Davison19041987
5Velmer Davison19091909
7Lorene Davison19151998
Parents Charles Anderson “Charley” Pruitt + Lula J Davis
1Glover D Pruitt19071998
3Onvie A Pruitt19122008
4Edith Olla Pruitt19162007
5Onema A Pruitt19192012
Parents Charles Anderson “Charley” Pruitt + Charlotte Clayborn
2Lola Pruitt19031956
Parents James Franklin Pruitt + Sarah Elizabeth Cooksey
1Angie Pruitt19011908
2Otis Lee Pruitt19041990
3Grace Ethel Pruitt19061989
5Nora Alice Pruitt19101991
7Meda Esther Pruitt19151973
10Ruby Pearl Pruitt19222013
12James Argus Pruitt19271995
Parents John Robert Pruitt + Julie Murray
1Olive Pruitt19061933
2Orville Pruitt19081918
3Sarah Mae Pruitt19102002
4Ausborn W Pruitt19111940
5Vernie Opal Pruitt19151995
6Macie M Pruitt19171920
Parents John Robert Pruitt + Susan Rebecca Roberson
2Walter Dean Pruitt19231985
4Norma Lee Pruitt19302021
Parents Amos Farris Pruitt + Etta Mae Ashlock
1Infant Pruitt19111911
2Infant Son Pruitt19111911
3Orpha May Pruitt19121989
4Jessie A Pruitt19131997
6Willard A Pruitt19182008
7Jewell M Pruitt19201991
8Harold E Pruitt19241994
9Ava Irene Pruitt19272015
Parents James Blaine Sparks + Genora Ellen “Nora” Pruitt
4Darce Ervin Sparks19151980
5Eltra Oma Sparks19171980
7Doyle Arvin Sparks19222004
8Wilma Newel Sparks19252015
Parents Claude Forrester Pruitt + Julia Pink Breedlove
7Claude Elmo Pruitt19261946
8Betty Jo Pruitt19302021
9Douglas Lee Pruitt19352022
Parents Dave Pruitt + Emma Jane Davis
1Jim Ewell Pruitt19201996
4Delmer Pruitt19251979
5Ollie Mae Pruitt19272010
6Archie Pruitt19292014
7Hazel Ora Pruitt19332011
8Private
Parents William Lester Pruitt + Ida Celeste Breedlove
1John Henry Pruitt19171993
2Paul David Pruitt19191989
5Private
6Muriel Jane Pruitt19282011
7Alice Maud Pruitt19311933
9Joyce L Pruitt19382014
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