The Shemwell Family

Joseph Merriweather WinstonAge: 77 years19171995

Name
Joseph Merriweather Winston
Given names
Joseph Merriweather
Surname
Winston
Birth July 11, 1917 21 18
Death of a maternal grandmotherEurista Elverda Woodrum
October 24, 1918 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 5 months)

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/
Birth of a sisterWilma Winston
April 19, 1919 (Age 21 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWinston Cary Winston
July 7, 1919 (Age 23 months)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherBurman Lyle Winston
May 16, 1921 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherHarold Keith Winston
October 22, 1923 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherDaniel Dale Winston
March 1, 1927 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 9, 1930 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLucy Ann Gray
February 6, 1934 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Jacob Clapper
October 18, 1942 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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 fatherDaniel Morgan Winston
April 10, 1959 (Age 41 years)
Death of a brotherBurman Lyle Winston
November 27, 1967 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherDaniel Dale Winston
August 7, 1974 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 motherRuby Elverta Clapper
December 10, 1987 (Age 70 years)
Death February 8, 1995 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Francis Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: January 21, 1916Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa, United States
18 months
himself
Joseph Merriweather Winston
Birth: July 11, 1917 21 18Benkelman, Nebraska, United States
Death: February 8, 1995Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
21 months
younger sister
Wilma Winston
Birth: April 19, 1919 23 20Parks, Dundy, Nebraska, United States
Death: December 4, 2004Saint Francis, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Burman Lyle Winston
Birth: May 16, 1921 25 22Benkelman, Dundy, Nebraska, United States
Death: November 27, 1967Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States
2 years
younger brother
Harold Keith Winston
Birth: October 22, 1923 28 24Nebraska, United States
Death: September 27, 2002Cheyenne, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Daniel Dale Winston
Birth: March 1, 1927 31 28Kansas, United States
Death: August 7, 1974Tulare, California, United States

Joseph Merriweather Winston has 25 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Morgan Winston - Household

Union, Cass, Nebraska, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Winston, Daniel MheadRMW24MYesYesIAUnited StatesUnited StatesYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Clapper, Ruby EwifeFW21MYesYesIAIAIAYesNone
Winston, Joe MsonMW2 years 5 monthsSNEIAIANone
Winston, WilmadaughterFW0 years 8 monthsSNEIAIANone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Morgan Winston - Household

Calhoun, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Winston, Daniel MheadORMW34M19NoYesIAVAUnited StatesYesFarmerGeneral FarmEYes
Clapper, Ruby EwifeFW31M17NoYesIAIAIAYesNone
Winston, Joe MsonMW13SYesYesNEIAIAYesNone
Winston, WilmadaughterFW10SYesYesNEIAIAYesNone
Winston, Burman LsonMW8SYesNEIAIANone
Winston, Harold KsonMW6SYesNEIAIANone
Winston, Daniel DsonMW3 years 0 monthsSNoKSIAIANone

Name
Daniel Dale Winston Obituary and Family Listing Daniel Dale Winston, who came to the Sentinel in the early 1950s as a cub reporter, died Wednesday at his desk in Exeter where he was owner and publisher of S-H-E Publishing Co. Winston, 47, headed the firm which published the Exeter Sun, Woodlake Echo and Farmersville News-Herald. A native of Cheyenne County, Kan., Winston attended schools in St. Francis, Kan., graduating in 1945. He entered the Navy, attending the Stanford University NROTC program. In 1946 Winston attended Kansas University for one year and graduated from Stanford in 1949. In addition to a stint as sports editor for The Sentinel, he worked for the San Rafael Independent, the Lamar Daily News in Colorado as city editor, the Visalia Times-Delta as courthouse reporter and later at the city desk, the Tulare Advance-Register as city editor and the Fresno Bee Valley desk. Winston was in partnership with the Sequoia Publishing Co. in Lindsay for 1 1/2 years. In July of last year he became owner and publisher of S-H-E Publishing Co. He was a member of the Visalia Elks Lodge No. 1298, St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the California Newspaper Publishers Association. Winston was married to the former Nancy Chalmers in Lamar, Colo., in 1953. Survivors in addition to his wife include two sons, Douglas Harvey and Dana Dale, and a daughter, Danette Helen, all of Visalia; his mother, Ruby Winston; brothers, Joe and Harold Winston, and a sister, Wilma Hendricks, all of St. Francis, Kans. Interment Visalia District Cemetery. The Hanford Sentinel Aug 8 1974 EXETER-Daniel D. Winston, 47, owner of three San Joaquin Valley weekly newspapers, has died at his desk of a heart attack. Winston, who died Wednesday, published the Exeter Sun, Woodlake Echo and Farmersville Gazette. Merced Sun-Star Aug 9 1974 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250971589/daniel-dale-winston