The Shemwell Family

Robert Johnson PughAge: 78 years19141992

Name
Robert Johnson Pugh
Given names
Robert Johnson
Surname
Pugh
Birth March 23, 1914 26 22
Birth of a brotherWilliam Edward Pugh
December 26, 1915 (Age 21 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 months)

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 2 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 3 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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherEdward Alpheus Pugh
November 18, 1919 (Age 5 years)
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 3, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAnnie Roots George
June 18, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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 brotherWilliam Edward Pugh
September 4, 1958 (Age 44 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Ellen “Mattie” Cowan
April 13, 1964 (Age 50 years)
Death of a motherMary Belle Johnson
June 9, 1967 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherEarl Wayne Pugh
November 4, 1967 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 April 2, 1992 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arlington National Cemetery
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father
Earl Wayne Pugh
Birth: February 19, 1888 26 23Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: November 4, 1967Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
mother
Mary Belle Johnson
Birth: July 22, 1891 44 40Randolph, Missouri, United States
Death: June 9, 1967Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Marriage: June 25, 1913Lawrence, Missouri, United States
9 months
himself
Robert Johnson Pugh
Birth: March 23, 1914 26 22Missouri, United States
Death: April 2, 1992Lee, Florida, United States
21 months
younger brother
William Edward Pugh
Birth: December 26, 1915 27 24Randolph, Missouri, United States
Death: September 4, 1958Missouri, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Earl Wayne Pugh - Household

Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pugh, Earl WheadORMW31MYesYesMOIAMOYesManagerFlour MillW
Pugh, Mary JwifeFW28MYesYesMOMOMOYesNone
Pugh, Robert JsonMW6SNoMOMOMONone
Pugh, William EsonMW4SMOMOMONone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Earl Wayne Pugh - Household

Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United Stat

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pugh, Earl WheadO3500RNoMW42M25NoYesMOIAMOYesOwner ManagerFeed MillEYes
Pugh, Mary BwifeFW38M21NoYesMOTNTNYesTeacherPublic SchoolWYes
Pugh, Robert JsonMW16SYesYesMOMOMOYes
Pugh, William EsonMW14SYesYesMOMOMOYes

Name
William Edward Pugh Obituary and Family Listing William Edward Pugh, 42, ex- tension animal husbandry special- ist for the University of Missouri, collapsed and died Thursday while judging livestock at West Plains. Pugh, apparently the victim of a heart attack, was a judge at the Howell County Heart of the Ozarks Fair. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. Pugh grew up in Mt. Vernon and was graduated from the Uni- versity of Missouri College of Agriculture in 1937. He worked for the Farm Security Administration until 1942. He became Monroe County farm agent Nov. 1. 1942. and continued in that post until 1951, except for two years of serv- ice in the Navy from 1944 to 1945. He joined the state staff of the extension service at Columbia in 1951. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pugh. 1000 East Loren; his wife, Sue, a daughter, Nancy, and a son, Robert: a broth- er, Col. Robert Pugh, Morristown, N.J.; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mattie Pugh, Mt. Vernon. Services are to be Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in Columbia. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116837697/william-edward-pugh
Name
Mary Pugh (nee Johnson) Obituary and Family Listing SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Mrs. Mary B. Pugh, 75 years old, 1010 East Loren avenue, Springfield, died at 1:40 o'clock Friday after- noon in a Springfield nursing home. She was born July 22, 1891, in Mount Vernon, Mo., and had lived in Springfield for the past 32 years. Mrs. Pugh was a re- tired schoolteacher and served for eight years as principal of the Mount Vernon elementary school. Until retirement several years ago she was the assistant to the dean of boys and girls at Springfield Central high school for 17 years. Mrs. Pugh was a member of the Eastern Star in the Springfield chapter and a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church in Spring- field. Survivors include her husband, Earl W. Pugh; a son, Col. Rob- bert Pugh, with the US. Air Force, Washington, D.C.; four grandchildren and four great- grandchildren. Funeral services will be an- nounced by the Max L. Fossett funeral home of Mount Vernon. Joplin Globe Sat. June 10, 1967 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34267919/mary-b-pugh