The Shemwell Family

Amos Clarkson EatonAge: 77 years19091987

Name
Amos Clarkson Eaton
Given names
Amos Clarkson
Surname
Eaton
Birth July 22, 1909 24 17
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 9 months)
Birth of a brotherAlbert Marion Eaton
August 4, 1911 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherEugene Elihu Eaton
June 11, 1913 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherTheodore Walter “Ted” Eaton
August 17, 1916 (Age 7 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 15, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterMarinda Alice Eaton
April 8, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherRonald Otis Jefferson Eaton
December 20, 1922 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterMarie Avis “Sally” Eaton
February 3, 1925 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 son
#1
Amos Carlyle “Bud” Eaton
December 30, 1929 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Alvin Cortez Eaton
March 20, 1935 (Age 25 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMarinda Powers
January 18, 1945 (Age 35 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherClarkson Pottenger
September 2, 1946 (Age 37 years)
Census April 7, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Death of a brotherTheodore Walter “Ted” Eaton
August 26, 1950 (Age 41 years)
Cause: Logging Accident
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 motherGracie Ann Pottenger
January 27, 1965 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Christopher Paul Eaton
November 1, 1966 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherRonald Otis Jefferson Eaton
June 4, 1970 (Age 60 years)
Death of a fatherWillie Clyde Eaton
October 26, 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 brotherEugene Elihu Eaton
February 21, 1985 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterMarinda Alice Eaton
August 28, 1986 (Age 77 years)
Death February 5, 1987 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: September 13, 1908Tuckerman, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
10 months
himself
Amos Clarkson Eaton
Birth: July 22, 1909 24 17Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 5, 1987Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger brother
Albert Marion Eaton
Birth: August 4, 1911 26 19Newark, Independence, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 25, 1991Alameda, California, United States
22 months
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
Marinda Alice Eaton
Birth: April 8, 1920 35 27Lead Hill, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 28, 1986Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Ronald Otis Jefferson Eaton
Birth: December 20, 1922 37 30Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 4, 1970Arizona, United States
2 years
younger sister
Marie Avis “Sally” Eaton
Birth: February 3, 1925 39 32Arkansas, United States
Death: December 17, 2021Waterford, Stanislaus, California, United States
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step-mother
Private
Family with Leona Marie Roberts - View this family
himself
Amos Clarkson Eaton
Birth: July 22, 1909 24 17Newport, Jackson, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 5, 1987Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Leona Marie Roberts
Birth: October 29, 1910Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 10, 2003Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
son
Amos Carlyle “Bud” Eaton
Birth: December 30, 1929 20 19Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 16, 1988Oklahoma, United States
5 years
son
Alvin Cortez Eaton
Birth: March 20, 1935 25 24Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 17, 2017Oklahoma, United States
son
Private
son
Private

Amos Clarkson Eaton has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Willie Clyde Eaton - Household

Bird, Jackson, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Eaton, ClydeheadMW25M12MOMOMOLaborerGeneral Farm
Eaton, GracewifeFW17M1211MOOHMO
Eaton, AmossonMW10mSARMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Willie Clyde Eaton - Household

Dodd, Marion, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Eaton, Willie EheadMW34MMOILMOLaborerSaw Mill
Eaton, Grace AwifeFW27MMOOHMO
Eaton, Amos CsonMW10SARMOMO
Eaton, Albert MsonMW8SARMOMO
Eaton, Eugene EsonMW6SARMOMO
Eaton, Theodore WsonMW3-4mSARMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Amos Clarkson Eaton - Household

201 East D Russellville, Pope, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Eaton, AmosheadMW30MARSame placePrinterRussellville Printing Co.
Eaton, LeonawifeFW28MARSame place
Eaton, Amos JrsonMW10SARSame place
Eaton, AlvinsonMW5SAR