The Shemwell Family

Truman Lawrence MitchellAge: 78 years19061985

Name
Truman Lawrence Mitchell
Given names
Truman Lawrence
Surname
Mitchell
Birth September 29, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
MarriageOpal Ellen WoodenView this family
December 26, 1928 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Truman Neil Mitchell
November 2, 1932 (Age 26 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 24, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 39 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 July 30, 1985 (Age 78 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with Opal Ellen Wooden - View this family
himself
wife
Opal Ellen Wooden
Birth: November 24, 1907 24 19Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 1985Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: December 26, 1928Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
son
Truman Neil Mitchell
Birth: November 2, 1932 26 24Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 27, 1997

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Arthur Wooden - Household

519 North Lee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wooden, ArthurheadMW45M23KSKSKSLaborerExpress?
Wooden, Bertha OpalwifeFW41M18KSILNova Scotia
Wooden, DeansonMW19SOKKSKS
Mitchell, Trumanson in lawMW23M22OKOKOKMechanicAutomobile
Mitchell, Opal EdaughterFW22M21OKKSKS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Truman Lawrence Mitchell - Household

Rear 1445 S W Binkley Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Mitchell, Truman LXheadMW33MOKCab DriverCab Company
Mitchell, OpalwifeFW32MOK
Mitchell, NeilsonMW7SOK

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Truman Lawrence Mitchell - Household

1714 N Washington Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Mitchell, Truman LheadMW43MarOKWarehouse manWholesale Produce Co
Mitchell, Opal EwifeFW42MarOK
Mitchell, Truman NsonMW17NevOKNews paper boyPublishing Co.