The Shemwell Family

Ralph Blaine PerryAge: 84 years18841968

Name
Ralph Blaine Perry
Given names
Ralph Blaine
Surname
Perry
Birth May 29, 1884
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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 31 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 32 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 33 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 45 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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
MarriageMary Elizabeth TroutmanView this family
between 1943 and 1950 (Age 58 years)
Note: Ralph's first wife died in 1943 and he is shown in the 1950 Census with Mary. So, they married sometime between 1943 and 1950.
Census April 12, 1950 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 65 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 61 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 November 6, 1968 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Harristown Cemetery
Family with Mary Elizabeth Troutman - View this family
himself
Ralph Blaine Perry
Birth: May 29, 1884Hillsdale City, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States
Death: November 6, 1968Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
wife
Mary Elizabeth Troutman
Birth: January 26, 1899 26 26Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: April 21, 1981Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States
Marriage: between 1943 and 1950Illinois, United States
Rayner Harry White + Mary Elizabeth Troutman - View this family
wife’s husband
Rayner Harry White
Birth: December 3, 1886Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: October 21, 1953Illinois, United States
wife
Mary Elizabeth Troutman
Birth: January 26, 1899 26 26Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: April 21, 1981Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States
Marriage: April 9, 1927Indianola, Warren, Iowa, United States

No family available

Marriage
Ralph's first wife died in 1943 and he is shown in the 1950 Census with Mary. So, they married sometime between 1943 and 1950.
Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Ralph Blaine Perry - Household

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Perry, Ralph BheadMW65MarMIWK40Chief ClerkRailroadP
Perry, May EwifeFW50MarILH

Name
Mary E Perry (nee Troutman) Obituary and Family Listing Mrs. Ralph (Mary E. Troutman) Perry, 81, of Princeton, formerly of Harristown, died Tuesday, April 21, 1981 in Perry Memorial Hospital, Princeton. Graveside services will be 11:30 a.m. Friday in Harristown Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before service time in Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home. Mrs. Perry was born in Harristown, daughter of Charles and Kate Troutman. She married Ralph B. Perry. He died in 1968. Three brothers preceded her in death. Published in the Herald and Review (Decatur, IL) on Thursday, April 23, 1981. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41555979/mary_elizabeth_perry
Name
Bertha Helen Troutman (nee Goodrich) Obituary and Family Listing Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Troutman will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home where friends may call after 4 p.m. today. Burial will be in Harristown Cemetery. Mrs. Troutman, 80, of Route 8. died at 5:55 p.m. Wednesday in Decatur and Macon County Hospital. She lived in Decatur for 55 years, moving here from Waynesville. Mrs. Troutman was born Oct. 1, 1832, in Waynesville, daughter of Martin and Helen Finfrock Goodrich. She married Charles S. Troutman on Oct. 1, 1908, in Milwaukee, Wis. He died Sept. 9, 1945. Mrs. Troutman was a charter member of the Sharon Home Bureau and the Sharon Methodist Church. She was a former treasurer and chairman of the Macon County Home Bureau and a member of Women's Society of Christian Service. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. R. B. (Mary) Perry of Chicago; Mrs. R. F. (Helen) Landacre of Corpus Christi, Tex.; Helen Goodrich of Decatur; sons, Howard, of Decatur; Earl B., Madison. Wis.; three sisters. Mrs. W. C. (Alice) Musser, of Illiopolis; Mrs. Mary Mokler of Gainesville, Fla.; Mrs. Eunice Wampler of Waynesville; one brother, Willis Goodrich of Waynesville and two great-grandchildren. A brother preceded her in death. Published in the Herald and Review (Decatur, IL) on Friday, May 10, 1963. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38306812/bertha_helen_troutman