The Shemwell Family

Clairborn Clay PearceAge: 79 years18971977

Name
Clairborn Clay Pearce
Given names
Clairborn Clay
Surname
Pearce
Birth April 9, 1897 33 24
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 15, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherMilburn Pearce
July 28, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherStarling Charles Pearce
February 8, 1903 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherDexter Pearce
February 2, 1906 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherMilburn Pearce
December 9, 1909 (Age 12 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterAddie Christine Pearce
April 5, 1914 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 son
#1
Woodrow Wilson Pearce
December 16, 1919 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 fatherJerry Newman Pearce
October 3, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Death of a brotherDexter Pearce
August 7, 1942 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 motherLurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam
December 21, 1956 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 January 7, 1977 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Austin Cemetery Walnut
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 4, 1894Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
10 months
elder sister
2 years
himself
Clairborn Clay Pearce
Birth: April 9, 1897 33 24Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 7, 1977Hoxie, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Milburn Pearce
Birth: July 28, 1900 37 28Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 9, 1909Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Starling Charles Pearce
Birth: February 8, 1903 39 30Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 20, 1981Broward, Florida, United States
3 years
younger brother
Dexter Pearce
Birth: February 2, 1906 42 33Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 7, 1942Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
8 years
younger sister
Addie Christine Pearce
Birth: April 5, 1914 50 41Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 22, 1999Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States
Family with Martha Blanche Dunn - View this family
himself
Clairborn Clay Pearce
Birth: April 9, 1897 33 24Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 7, 1977Hoxie, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
wife
Martha Blanche Dunn
Birth: November 18, 1897Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 27, 1983Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States
daughter
Private
son
Woodrow Wilson Pearce
Birth: December 16, 1919 22 22Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 6, 2016Los Angeles, California, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Jerry Newman Pearce - Household

Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Pearce, Jerry NheadWMMay186436M6TNTNTNFarmer
Pearce, LurannahwifeWFJun187326M622MOMOMO
Pearce, BeulahdaughterWFFeb18955SARTNMO
Pearce, ClairbornsonWMApr18973SARTNMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jerry Newman Pearce - Household

Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pearce, J NheadMW46M116TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Pearce, L AwifeFW37M11654MOMOMO
Pearce, BeulahdaughterFW15SARTNMO
Pearce, ClairbornsonMW13SARTNMO
Pearce, StarlingsonMW7SARTNMO
Pearce, DextersonMW4SARTNMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam - Household

West Walnut Ridge-East of Village Oreek Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Pearce, Lou AheadFW67WdMORLaurenceAR
Pearce, Clairborn CsonMW43MARRLaurenceARLaborer
Pulliam, Addie CdaughterFW26MARRLaurenceARLaundry WorkerHome Laundry
Mitchell, Geraldine Vgrand daughterFW15SARRLaurenceAR
Pulliam, Donald Rgrand sonMW5SARRLaurenceAR