The Shemwell Family

Lola PruittAge: 53 years19031956

Name
Lola Pruitt
Given names
Lola
Surname
Pruitt
Married name
Lola Wheat
Birth September 6, 1903 24 18
Birth of a half-brotherGlover D Pruitt
January 13, 1907 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentCharles Anderson “Charley” PruittLula J DavisView this family
March 14, 1907 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherCharlotte Clayborn
about 1907 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-brotherGeorge Albert Pruitt
February 9, 1909 (Age 5 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-sisterOnvie A Pruitt
November 26, 1912 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEdith Olla Pruitt
June 11, 1916 (Age 12 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/
Birth of a half-sisterOnema A Pruitt
June 9, 1919 (Age 15 years)
Census August 1, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-sisterCarlsie Inez Pruitt
June 11, 1923 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Parlee Curtis
December 27, 1924 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Velma Marguarette Wheat
January 28, 1925 (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 paternal grandfatherJames Potter Pruitt Sr.
December 16, 1936 (Age 33 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 36 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 10, 1950 (Age 46 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 October 22, 1956 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Olivewood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 8, 1899Newton, Arkansas, United States
19 months
elder brother
Ernest Alvin Pruitt
Birth: August 15, 1900 21 15Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 10, 1972Sanger, Fresno, California, United States
3 years
herself
Lola Pruitt
Birth: September 6, 1903 24 18Arkansas, United States
Death: October 22, 1956Riverside, California, United States
Father’s family with Lula J Davis - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 14, 1907Newton, Arkansas, United States
-2 months
half-brother
Glover D Pruitt
Birth: January 13, 1907 27 16Arkansas, United States
Death: December 4, 1998Wewoka, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
half-brother
George Albert Pruitt
Birth: February 9, 1909 29 19Jasper, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 13, 1990Osage, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
half-sister
Onvie A Pruitt
Birth: November 26, 1912 33 22Jasper, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 5, 2008Hughes, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
half-sister
Edith Olla Pruitt
Birth: June 11, 1916 37 26Arkansas, United States
Death: September 19, 2007Douglas, Oregon, United States
3 years
half-sister
Onema A Pruitt
Birth: June 9, 1919 40 29Arkansas, United States
Death: June 23, 2012California, United States
4 years
half-sister
Carlsie Inez Pruitt
Birth: June 11, 1923 44 33Wetumka, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 10, 2021Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Olen Ira Wheat - View this family
husband
Olen Ira Wheat
Birth: February 8, 1901Missouri, United States
Death: June 18, 1957Riverside, California, United States
herself
Lola Pruitt
Birth: September 6, 1903 24 18Arkansas, United States
Death: October 22, 1956Riverside, California, United States
daughter
Velma Marguarette Wheat
Birth: January 28, 1925 23 21Silver Lake, Desha, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 28, 2002Moreno Valley, Riverside, California, United States
son
Private
son
Private
son
Private

Lola Pruitt has 76 first cousins recorded

Father's family (76)

Parents George Washington Reeves + Mary Arizona “Zona” Pruitt
2Vernon Reeves19051990
Parents James Anderson Davison + Omie Elizabeth Pruitt
1Willie Davison18941914
2Ethel Davison18971980
3Hobert Davison19011970
4Nancy Emma Davison19041987
5Velmer Davison19091909
7Lorene Davison19151998
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

Mother's family (0)

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Anderson “Charley” Pruitt - Household

ED 103 Union, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pruitt, Charles AheadMW30M23ARARAREnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesOFF
Pruitt, Lula JwifeFW20M1322ARARAREnglishNoneYesYes
Pruitt, Ernest AsonMW10SARARAREnglishNoneYesYes
Pruitt, Lola MdaughterFW7SARARARNoneYesYesYes
Pruitt, Glover DsonMW2SARARARNoneYes
Pruitt, George AsonMW0 years 3 monthsSARARARNone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Anderson “Charley” Pruitt - Household

ED 77 Wetumka, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pruitt, CharlieheadRMW40MYesYesARUnited StatesARYesFarmingGeneral farmW
Pruitt, LulawifeFW30MYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, ErnestsonMW19SYesYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, LoladaughterFW16SYesYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, GloversonMW12SYesYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, GeorgesonMW10SYesYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, OndadaughterFW8SYesARARARNone
Pruitt, EdithdaughterFW4SARARARNone
Pruitt, OnettadaughterFW0 years 6 monthsSARARARNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Anderson “Charley” Pruitt - Household

Yeager, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Pruitt, Charley AxheadR6YesMW61MARFarmerFarmOA520
Pruitt, Lula JwifeFW54MAR00
Wheat, LoladaughterFW34MARNew WorkerPW00
Wheat, Charles HgrandsonMW10SOK
Wheat, ThomasgrandsonMW6SOK
Davison, Onire AdaughterFW27WdAR
Davison, HelengranddaughterFW9SOK00
Pruitt, Carlsie IdaughterFW16SOK00