The Shemwell Family

Clarence Boone ReedAge: 75 years18731948

Name
Clarence Boone Reed
Given names
Clarence Boone
Surname
Reed
Birth June 24, 1873 24 19
Birth of a brotherCecil Reed
June 1877 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a sisterLulu Reed
October 1880 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherRoscoe Reed
January 14, 1885 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
MarriageRube Enoch GravesView this family
1899 (Age 25 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherMargaret McCain
May 8, 1899 (Age 25 years)
Census June 6, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William M Reed Jr
1901 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Palmer Harting Reed
1905 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Robert Boone Reed
October 3, 1906 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Thomas Graves Reed
1909 (Age 35 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Richard Reed
1912 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#6
David Reed
1914 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 30, 1920 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam M Reed Jr.
October 1, 1925 (Age 52 years)
Death of a motherMary Rosa Strow
March 2, 1926 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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 19, 1930 (Age 56 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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 July 13, 1948 (Age 75 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
William M Reed Jr.
Birth: September 5, 1848 23 19Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 1, 1925Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
mother
Mary Rosa Strow
Birth: October 17, 1853Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 2, 1926Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: October 17, 1872Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
8 months
himself
4 years
younger brother
Cecil Reed
Birth: June 1877 28 23Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Lulu Reed
Birth: October 1880 32 26Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
younger brother
Roscoe Reed
Birth: January 14, 1885 36 31Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 9, 1960Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Family with Rube Enoch Graves - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 1899
3 years
son
William M Reed Jr
Birth: 1901 27 21Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
5 years
son
Palmer Harting Reed
Birth: 1905 31 25Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
21 months
son
Robert Boone Reed
Birth: October 3, 1906 33 27Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
3 years
son
Thomas Graves Reed
Birth: 1909 35 29Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
son
3 years
son

Census
Reed, William M Head W M SEP 1848 51 M Attorney at Law Reed, Mary R Wife W F OCT 1853 46 M Reed, Clarence B son W M JUN 1873 27 M 6 mos Foreman Reed, Cecil son W M JUN 1877 22 S Lawyer Reed, Lulu dau W F OCT 1880 19 S Reed, Roscoe son W M JAN 1885 15 S farm labor Reed, Rube Enoch dau in law W F JUL 1877 M
Census
C Boone Reed Head M W 36 born KY farmer Rube Enoch Reed wife F W 33 born KY Wm M Reed Jr M W 9 born KY Palmer Hartwig Reed M W 5 born KY Robt Boone Reed M W 3 born KY Thos Graves Reed M W 1 born KY
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Boone Reed - Household

Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Reed, C BheadMW46MKYKYKYfarmer
Reed, Rube EnochwifeFW40MKYKYKY
Reed, William sonMW19SKYKYKY
Reed, Palmer sonMW15SKYKYKY
Reed, Robert BsonMW13SKYKYKY
Reed, TomsonMW11SKYKYKY
Reed, DicksonMW8SKYKYKY
Reed, DavidsonMW6SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Boone Reed - Household

Massac, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Reed, Clarence BheadMW57MKYKYKYfarmer
Reed, RubenawifeFW50MKYTNKY
Reed, William MsonMW29SKYKYKYagentlife acct
Reed, RichardsonMW19SKYKYKY
Reed, DavidsonMW17SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Boone Reed - Household

McCracken, Kentucky, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Reed, Boone CheadMW67MKYfarmer
Reed, Rube EwifeFW62MKY
Reed, DavidsonMW26SKYlawyerprivate bus