The Shemwell Family

Harry Auxel SwansonAge: 72 years18941967

Name
Harry Auxel Swanson
Given names
Harry Auxel
Surname
Swanson
Birth June 26, 1894
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 years)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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
MarriagePearl GuyView this family
December 23, 1929 (Age 35 years)
Note: Marriage info from findagrave site
Birth of a son
#1
Arthur William “Pete” Swanson
October 26, 1932 (Age 38 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Barton Lane Swanson
March 24, 1967 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 May 6, 1967 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tannehill Cemetery
Family with Pearl Guy - View this family
himself
Harry Auxel Swanson
Birth: June 26, 1894Marshfield, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: May 6, 1967Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, United States
wife
Pearl Guy
Birth: November 10, 1912Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: March 5, 2007Cowley, Kansas, United States
Marriage: December 23, 1929Kansas, United States
3 years
son
Arthur William “Pete” Swanson
Birth: October 26, 1932 38 19Kansas, United States
Death: July 9, 2022Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, United States

Marriage
Marriage info from findagrave site
Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Harry Auxel Swanson - Household

Beaver, Cowley, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Swanson, Harry AxheadMW45MNoYesMOFArmerFarmOA520
Swanson, PearlwifeFW27MNoYesKS00
Swanson, TedsonMW21SNoYesKSFarm LaborerFarmNP00
Swanson, Freeda EdaughterFW19SYesYesKS00
Swanson, Fern MdaughterFW14SYesYesKS00
Swanson, Richard DsonMW9SYesYesKS
Swanson, Arthur WsonMW7SYesYesKS
Swanson, Vera FayedaughterFW4SKS
Swanson, Francis MsonMW2SKS

Note
Marriage info found at findagrave site