The Shemwell Family

Earl Clark MitchellAge: 47 years18891936

Name
Earl Clark Mitchell
Given names
Earl Clark
Surname
Mitchell
Birth August 25, 1889
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 26 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 27 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 28 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/
MarriageJean Harriet WilliamsView this family
about 1921 (Age 31 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Jean Frances Mitchell
December 23, 1924 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 22, 1930 (Age 40 years)
Death September 3, 1936 (Age 47 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Caldwell City Cemetery
Family with Jean Harriet Williams - View this family
himself
Earl Clark Mitchell
Birth: August 25, 1889Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States
Death: September 3, 1936Kansas, United States
wife
Jean Harriet Williams
Birth: September 1, 1900Missouri, United States
Death: April 24, 1996Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1921Kansas, United States
4 years
daughter
Jean Frances Mitchell
Birth: December 23, 1924 35 24Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: August 31, 2019Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Earl Clark Mitchell - Household

Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Mitchell, EarlheadO2250RNoMW40M31NoYesMOMOMOYesSwitchmanSteam RailwayWYes
Mitchell, JeanwifeFW29M18NoYesMOMOMOYesNone
Mitchell, HelendaughterFW8SYesKSMOMOYesNone
Mitchell, FrancesdaughterFW6SYesKSMOMONone
Mitchell, EarlenedaughterFW3 years 5 monthsSNoKSMOMONone
Mitchell, Bonnie LdaughterFW0 years 10 monthsSNoKSMOMONone