The Shemwell Family

Hugh Alexander Leonard JrAge: 89 years19091999

Name
Hugh Alexander Leonard Jr
Given names
Hugh Alexander
Surname
Leonard
Name suffix
Jr
Birth October 23, 1909 27 16
Marriage of parentsHugh Alexander LeonardMyrtle Ruth GassView this family
1909

Census April 28, 1910 (Age 6 months)
Death of a motherMyrtle Ruth Gass
March 4, 1911 (Age 16 months)
Cause: Pneumonia
Marriage of a parentHugh Alexander LeonardEunice G ParsonsView this family
March 19, 1913 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Scott Leonard
December 21, 1913 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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/
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRoss Shemwel Leonard
April 23, 1921 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEdna Louise Leonard
June 13, 1923 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-sisterDorothy Marie Leonard
December 7, 1925 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJoseph Vaughn “Joe” Leonard
August 20, 1927 (Age 17 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 half-sisterMarian Ann Leonard
January 27, 1930 (Age 20 years)
MarriagePearl L CockrellView this family
December 18, 1933 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Betty Ruth Leonard
January 22, 1935 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Hugh Alexander Leonard III
August 13, 1937 (Age 27 years)
DivorcePearl L CockrellView this family
July 28, 1939 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 half-brotherWilliam Scott Leonard
August 18, 1958 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherHugh Alexander Leonard
November 7, 1962 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sonHugh Alexander Leonard III
October 30, 1971 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 half-sisterEdna Louise Leonard
December 15, 1987 (Age 78 years)
Cause: Automobile Accident
Death of a wifePearl L Cockrell
May 26, 1993 (Age 83 years)
Death August 28, 1999 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Payson Pioneer Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Myrtle Ruth Gass
Birth: August 1893 43Lisbon, Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: March 4, 1911Lisbon, Dallas, Texas, United States
Marriage: 1909
10 months
himself
Hugh Alexander Leonard Jr
Birth: October 23, 1909 27 16Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: August 28, 1999Payson, Gila, Arizona, United States
Father’s family with Eunice G Parsons - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 19, 1913Dallas, Texas, United States
9 months
half-brother
William Scott Leonard
Birth: December 21, 1913 32 20Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: August 18, 1958Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
7 years
half-brother
Ross Shemwel Leonard
Birth: April 23, 1921 39 28Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
Death: June 7, 2006Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
2 years
half-sister
Edna Louise Leonard
Birth: June 13, 1923 41 30Gilmore City, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States
Death: December 15, 1987Mendip, Somerset, England
4 years
half-brother
Joseph Vaughn “Joe” Leonard
Birth: August 20, 1927 45 34Hamburg, Erie, New York, United States
Death: July 4, 2003North Port, Sarasota, Florida, United States
-20 months
half-sister
Dorothy Marie Leonard
Birth: December 7, 1925 44 32Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: November 11, 2014Salisbury, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
4 years
half-sister
Marian Ann Leonard
Birth: January 27, 1930 48 36Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 8, 2001Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Family with Pearl L Cockrell - View this family
himself
Hugh Alexander Leonard Jr
Birth: October 23, 1909 27 16Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: August 28, 1999Payson, Gila, Arizona, United States
ex-wife
Marriage: December 18, 1933Dallas, Texas, United States
Divorce: July 28, 1939Sevier, Arkansas, United States
13 months
daughter
Betty Ruth Leonard
Birth: January 22, 1935 25 33Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: July 25, 2016Florida, United States
3 years
son
Hugh Alexander Leonard III
Birth: August 13, 1937 27 36Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: October 30, 1971Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
James Britian + Pearl L Cockrell - View this family
wife’s husband
ex-wife
step-son
Private
Robert Solomon Brewer + Pearl L Cockrell - View this family
wife’s husband
Robert Solomon Brewer
Birth: October 11, 1882Baxter, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 5, 1979Cedar Hill, Dallas, Texas, United States
ex-wife
Marriage: after 1940

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Alexander Leonard - Household

Justice Precinct 7, Dallas, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Leonard, Hugh AheadMW29M10NCNCNCMill ForemanCement Plant
Leonard, Myrtle RwifeFW17M1011TXTNTX
Leonard, Hugh AsonMW6mSTXNCTX
Gass, William Dfather in lawMW60WdTNTNVA

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Alexander Leonard - Household

211 S. Townsand Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Leonard, HughheadMW39MNCNCNCMechanicGarment Plant
Leonard, EunicewifeFW26MTXKYKY
Leonard, Hugh JrsonMW9STXNCTX
Leonard, ScottsonMW6STXNCTX