The Shemwell Family

Dora Jane CroftAge: 80 years19061987

Name
Dora Jane Croft
Given names
Dora Jane
Surname
Croft
Married name
Dora Jane Wyatt
Birth August 23, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 21, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Luther Emerson Wyatt
August 1, 1921 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Willard Wyatt
August 16, 1923 (Age 16 years)
Note: Birth year wrong on death cert. 1yr 7m 15 days -b
Death of a sonWillard Wyatt
March 31, 1925 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Thomas Jefferson Wyatt
July 11, 1926 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Ernest Brown “Ernie” Wyatt
October 29, 1928 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 4, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#5
James Carlos Wyatt
March 11, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Elsie Marie Wyatt
October 11, 1933 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Clyde William Wyatt
May 10, 1936 (Age 29 years)
Census April 7, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Carol Ann Wyatt
January 6, 1949 (Age 42 years)
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Ernie Lee Wyatt
April 29, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Leonard Jackson Wyatt
December 19, 1950 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Luther Emerson Wyatt Jr
January 3, 1952 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Kenneth J Wyatt
May 25, 1953 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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
Birth of a grandson
#6
James Wayne Wyatt
February 19, 1962 (Age 55 years)
Death of a husbandAbner Jackson Wyatt
October 16, 1963 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 grandsonLuther Emerson Wyatt Jr
July 22, 1982 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sonThomas Jefferson Wyatt
July 15, 1984 (Age 77 years)
Death January 28, 1987 (Age 80 years)
Family with Abner Jackson Wyatt - View this family
husband
herself
son
2 years
son
Willard Wyatt
Birth: August 16, 1923 36 16Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 31, 1925Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Thomas Jefferson Wyatt
Birth: July 11, 1926 39 19Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 15, 1984Hesperia, San Bernardino, California, United States
2 years
son
Ernest Brown “Ernie” Wyatt
Birth: October 29, 1928 41 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 7, 2017Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
2 years
son
James Carlos Wyatt
Birth: March 11, 1931 44 24Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 14, 2003Summerfield, Marion, Florida, United States
3 years
daughter
Elsie Marie Wyatt
Birth: October 11, 1933 46 27Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 16, 2023Miamisburg, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
3 years
son
Clyde William Wyatt
Birth: May 10, 1936 49 29Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 5, 2012Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
daughter
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Abner Jackson Wyatt - Household

Bee Creek Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wyatt, JacksonheadMW30MTNTNTNFarm LaborerFarm
Wyatt, DorawifeFW13MTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Abner Jackson Wyatt - Household

Seals Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wyatt, Andrew JheadMW45M33TNTNTNFarmerFarm
Wyatt, Dora JwifeFW24M14TNTNTN
Wyatt, Luther EsonMW8STNTNTN
Wyatt, Thomas JsonMW3-8mSTNTNTN
Wyatt, Ernest BsonMW1-8mSTNTNTN