The Shemwell Family

Charity Isabelle “Belle” WilliamsAge: 90 years18841974

Name
Charity Isabelle “Belle” Williams
Given names
Charity Isabelle
Surname
Williams
Nickname
Belle
Married name
Charity Isabelle Youngblood
Married name
Charity Isabelle Crouse
Birth April 14, 1884 36 31
Birth of a sisterSarah Edith “Sadie” Williams
August 16, 1886 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert L Williams
August 21, 1894 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherHerbert Holland Williams
April 21, 1898 (Age 14 years)
Associate: Holbert Thomas Williams
Birth of a brotherHolbert Thomas Williams
April 21, 1898 (Age 14 years)
Associate: Herbert Holland Williams
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
Census June 4, 1900 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherAlexander Thompson
April 10, 1903 (Age 18 years)
MarriageJames Luther YoungbloodView this family
September 25, 1904 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Norma Maurine Youngblood
March 21, 1908 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherOrva Adaline Holland
March 29, 1909 (Age 24 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 26 years)
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/
DivorceJames Luther YoungbloodView this family
before 1920 (Age 35 years)

Census January 13, 1920 (Age 35 years)
MarriageJesse L CrouseView this family
between 1925 and 1930 (Age 40 years)

Death of a fatherJames Robert Williams
January 16, 1929 (Age 44 years)
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
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Death of a husbandJames Luther Youngblood
August 24, 1931 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherMalinda Jane Thompson
August 29, 1933 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherRobert L Williams
July 1, 1942 (Age 58 years)
Death of a husbandJesse L Crouse
August 13, 1945 (Age 61 years)
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
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
Death of a brotherCharles Edward Williams
July 21, 1957 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Edith “Sadie” Williams
December 8, 1959 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterMary Adalline “Addie” Williams
March 6, 1963 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Jane “Nannie” Williams
March 27, 1968 (Age 83 years)
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 June 19, 1974 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 26, 1873Newton, Missouri, United States
9 months
elder brother
Charles Edward Williams
Birth: November 10, 1873 26 21Swars Prairie, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: July 21, 1957Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
elder brother
James Andrew Williams
Birth: December 3, 1875 28 23Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: July 19, 1876Newton, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Laura May Williams
Birth: April 2, 1878 30 25Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: October 26, 1879Newton, Missouri, United States
23 months
elder sister
Nancy Jane “Nannie” Williams
Birth: February 20, 1880 32 27Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: March 27, 1968Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
23 months
elder sister
2 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
Sarah Edith “Sadie” Williams
Birth: August 16, 1886 39 33Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: December 8, 1959Jasper, Missouri, United States
8 years
younger brother
Robert L Williams
Birth: August 21, 1894 47 41Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: July 1, 1942Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
younger brother
Herbert Holland Williams
Birth: April 21, 1898 50 45Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: August 20, 1990Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
younger brother
Holbert Thomas Williams
Birth: April 21, 1898 50 45Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: January 3, 1982Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Family with James Luther Youngblood - View this family
ex-husband
James Luther Youngblood
Birth: April 14, 1883Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 24, 1931Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: September 25, 1904Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
Divorce: before 1920
4 years
daughter
Family with Jesse L Crouse - View this family
husband
Jesse L Crouse
Birth: November 17, 1877Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: August 13, 1945Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: between 1925 and 1930

Charity Isabelle “Belle” Williams has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Robert Williams - Household

Buffalo, Newton, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Williams, James RheadWMAug184752M27MOTNTNFarmer
Williams, Malinda JwifeWFSep185247M27108MOKYKY
Williams, Nancy JdaughterWFFeb188020SMOMOMO
Williams, Mary AdaughterWFJan188218SMOMOMO
Williams, Charity IdaughterWFApr188416SMOMOMO
Williams, Sarah EdaughterWFAug188613SMOMOMO
Williams, Robert LsonWMAug18945SMOMOMO
Williams, HerbertsonWMApr18982SMOMOMO
Williams, HolbertsonWMApr18982SMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Robert Williams - Household

Buffalo, Newton, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Williams, James RheadMW62M136MOTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Williams, Malinda JwifeFW57M136108MOKYKY
Williams, Sadie EdaughterFW23SMOMOMO
Williams, Robert LsonMW15SMOMOMOLaborerHome Farm
Williams, Herbert HsonMW11SMOMOMOLaborerHome Farm
Williams, ThomassonMW11SMOMOMOLaborerHome Farm
Youngblood, Charity BdaughterFW26M1511MOMOMO
Youngblood, Norma Mgrand daughterFW2SMOARMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charity Isabelle “Belle” Williams - Household

Oneida Street Seneca, Newton, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Youngblood, BelleheadFW35DMOMOMO
Youngblood, Norma MdaughterFW11SMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jesse L Crouse - Household

Seneca, Newton, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Crouse, Jesse LheadMW53MMOUSUSMotormanTripoli Mines
Crouse, BellewifeFW46M20MOMOMO
Williams, Malinda Jmother in lawFW77WdMOKYKY