The Shemwell Family

Sarah Mae PruittAge: 91 years19102002

Name
Sarah Mae Pruitt
Given names
Sarah Mae
Surname
Pruitt
Married name
Sarah Mae Freeman
Birth October 1, 1910 26 20
MarriageClifford Harley FreemanView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherAusborn W Pruitt
March 30, 1911 (Age 5 months)
Birth of a sisterVernie Opal Pruitt
February 19, 1915 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterMacie M Pruitt
1917 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherOrville Pruitt
September 1918 (Age 7 years)
Death of a motherJulie Murray
October 5, 1918 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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 7 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/
Marriage of a parentJohn Robert PruittSusan Rebecca RobersonView this family
January 1, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death of a sisterMacie M Pruitt
1920 (Age 9 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherOdie Darrell Pruitt
May 23, 1922 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWalter Dean Pruitt
October 2, 1923 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Parlee Curtis
December 27, 1924 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-sisterGussie Helen Pruitt
February 28, 1925 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Birth of a son
#1
Olen Eugene Freeman
November 12, 1929 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNorma Lee Pruitt
June 27, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Death of a sisterOlive Pruitt
October 17, 1933 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Potter Pruitt Sr.
December 16, 1936 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherAusborn W Pruitt
June 19, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 35 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 fatherJohn Robert Pruitt
October 8, 1982 (Age 72 years)
Death of a half-brotherWalter Dean Pruitt
January 3, 1985 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sisterVernie Opal Pruitt
May 31, 1995 (Age 84 years)
Death of a husbandClifford Harley Freeman
October 4, 2001 (Age 91 years)

Death May 21, 2002 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamar Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 31, 1905Newton, Arkansas, United States
11 months
elder sister
Olive Pruitt
Birth: December 15, 1906 23 16Arkansas, United States
Death: October 17, 1933Arkansas, United States
22 months
elder brother
Orville Pruitt
Birth: September 1908 24 18Arkansas, United States
Death: September 1918Arkansas, United States
2 years
herself
6 months
younger brother
Ausborn W Pruitt
Birth: March 30, 1911 27 20Arkansas, United States
Death: June 19, 1940Arkansas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Vernie Opal Pruitt
Birth: February 19, 1915 31 24Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 31, 1995Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
3 years
younger sister
Macie M Pruitt
Birth: 1917 33 26Arkansas, United States
Death: 1920Arkansas, United States
Father’s family with Susan Rebecca Roberson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 1, 1920Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
half-brother
Odie Darrell Pruitt
Birth: May 23, 1922 38 39Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 19, 2003Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
16 months
half-brother
Walter Dean Pruitt
Birth: October 2, 1923 39 40Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1985Ten Sleep, Washakie, Wyoming, United States
17 months
half-sister
Gussie Helen Pruitt
Birth: February 28, 1925 41 42Limestone, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 24, 2020Shiatook, Osage, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
half-sister
Norma Lee Pruitt
Birth: June 27, 1930 46 47Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 5, 2021Collinsville, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Clifford Harley Freeman - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
Olen Eugene Freeman
Birth: November 12, 1929 19 19Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 18, 2006Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Pruitt - Household

ED 106 Pleasant Hill, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pruitt, R JohnheadORMW36MNoYesYesARARARYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Roberson, SusiewifeFW36MNoYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, OlivedaughterFW13SNoYesYesARARARYesNone
Pruitt, MaydaughterFW9SNoNoNoARARARYesNone
Pruitt, OsbandsonMW7SARARARYesNone
Pruitt, OpaldaughterFW5SARARARYesNone
Pruitt, MaciedaughterFW2SARARARYesNone