The Shemwell Family

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Birth	August 6, 1907 44 32 Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Census	April 14, 1910 (Age 2 years) Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household 1910 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household Band Street Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma Name Relation Sex Race Age Cond Marr CHB CHL BP FBP MBP Imm Nat Lang Occupation Ind Emp Unemp Unemp R W Sch Home Mort Farm CW Blind Deaf Stites, Horace L head M W 47 M2 10 MO TN TN Teacher High School Stites, Alma wife F W 36 M2 10 MO KY KY Stites, Audrey daughter F W 16 S MO MO MO Stites, Hugh son M W 9 S MO MO MO Stites, Richard son M W 2 S MO MO MO Shemwell, Mary step daughter F W 15 S MO MO MO
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 years) Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a half-sister	Mary Elizabeth Shemwell July 9, 1917 (Age 9 years) Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States
Burial of a half-sister	Mary Elizabeth Shemwell 1917 (Age 9 years) Fairview Cemetery, Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Historical Event	World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 23, 1920 (Age 12 years) Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household 1920 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household 610 W Boyd Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma Name Relation Home Mort Sex Race Age Condition Imm Nat NatY School R W BP Lang FBP Father lang MBP Mother lang Eng Occupation Ind Emp Stites, Horace R head M W 57 M MO TN TN Superintendent Schools Stites, Alma wife F W 45 M MO KY KY Stites, Hugh son M W 19 S MO MO MO Stites, Helen daughter F W 15 S MO MO MO Stites, Richard son M W 12 S MO MO MO
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 8, 1930 (Age 22 years) Aledo, Mercer, Illinois, United States Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Dinsmore Stites - Household 1930 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Dinsmore Stites - Household Name Relation Home V/R Radio Farm Sex Race Age Cond AM School R/W BP FBP MBP Lang Imm Nat Eng Occupation Industry Code Emp Work Unemp Vet War Stites, Hugh D head M W 29 S MO MO MO physician medicine Stites, Alma mother F W 55 D 20 MO KY KY Stites, Richard brother M W 22 S MO MO MO fountain man restaurant
Death of a father	Prof. Horace Luster Stites June 9, 1933 (Age 25 years) Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
Death of a mother	Alma M Cockrell March 8, 1949 (Age 41 years) Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States
Historical Event	Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 years) South Korea 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
Religious marriage	Leona Kearney — View this family April 16, 1958 (Age 50 years) Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States
Death of a brother	Hugh Dinsmore Stites November 5, 1960 (Age 53 years) Oregon, United States
Death of a half-sister	Audrey Maurine Stites October 21, 1969 (Age 62 years) Tarrant, Texas, United States
Historical Event	Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 years) Vietnam 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	August 28, 1984 (Age 77 years) Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry Audrey Maurine Stites Ewing Cole Stites Family with spouse Alma M Cockrell Hugh Dinsmore Stites Helen Stites Richard M Stites Prof. Horace Luster Stites Birth: August 10, 1862 — Missouri, United States Death: June 9, 1933 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Edward Lee Shemwell Mary Elizabeth Shemwell Family with spouse Prof. Horace Luster Stites Hugh Dinsmore Stites Helen Stites Richard M Stites Alma M Cockrell Birth: December 1, 1874 — Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 1949 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States
	Marriage: September 11, 1899 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
	Divorce: after February 1920 —
1 year elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Hugh Dinsmore Stites Birth: September 16, 1900 38 25 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 5, 1960 — Oregon, United States
5 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Helen Stites Birth: 1905 42 30 — Missouri, United States Death:
3 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Leona Kearney Richard M Stites Birth: August 6, 1907 44 32 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 28, 1984 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States

Father’s family with Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry Audrey Maurine Stites Ewing Cole Stites Family with spouse Alma M Cockrell Hugh Dinsmore Stites Helen Stites Richard M Stites Prof. Horace Luster Stites Birth: August 10, 1862 — Missouri, United States Death: June 9, 1933 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Prof. Horace Luster Stites Audrey Maurine Stites Ewing Cole Stites Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry Birth: January 13, 1871 Death: May 5, 1896 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: June 15, 1892 — Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, United States
17 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Audrey Maurine Stites Birth: November 1, 1893 31 22 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 21, 1969 — Tarrant, Texas, United States
16 months half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Ewing Cole Stites Birth: February 1895 32 24 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 10, 1895

Mother’s family with Edward Lee Shemwell - View this family

step-father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Alma M Cockrell Mary Elizabeth Shemwell Edward Lee Shemwell Birth: February 15, 1873 26 23 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 7, 1896 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Edward Lee Shemwell Mary Elizabeth Shemwell Family with spouse Prof. Horace Luster Stites Hugh Dinsmore Stites Helen Stites Richard M Stites Alma M Cockrell Birth: December 1, 1874 — Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 1949 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States
	Marriage: September 11, 1893 —
15 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Louis Marcus Pace Mary Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: November 1894 21 19 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 9, 1917 — Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States

Family with Leona Kearney - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Leona Kearney Richard M Stites Birth: August 6, 1907 44 32 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 28, 1984 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Richard M Stites Leona Kearney Birth: June 28, 1908 — Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States Death:
	Marriage: April 16, 1958 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States

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Census View	1910 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household Band Street Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma Name Relation Sex Race Age Cond Marr CHB CHL BP FBP MBP Imm Nat Lang Occupation Ind Emp Unemp Unemp R W Sch Home Mort Farm CW Blind Deaf Stites, Horace L head M W 47 M2 10 MO TN TN Teacher High School Stites, Alma wife F W 36 M2 10 MO KY KY Stites, Audrey daughter F W 16 S MO MO MO Stites, Hugh son M W 9 S MO MO MO Stites, Richard son M W 2 S MO MO MO Shemwell, Mary step daughter F W 15 S MO MO MO
Census View	1920 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household 610 W Boyd Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma Name Relation Home Mort Sex Race Age Condition Imm Nat NatY School R W BP Lang FBP Father lang MBP Mother lang Eng Occupation Ind Emp Stites, Horace R head M W 57 M MO TN TN Superintendent Schools Stites, Alma wife F W 45 M MO KY KY Stites, Hugh son M W 19 S MO MO MO Stites, Helen daughter F W 15 S MO MO MO Stites, Richard son M W 12 S MO MO MO
Census View	1930 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Dinsmore Stites - Household Name Relation Home V/R Radio Farm Sex Race Age Cond AM School R/W BP FBP MBP Lang Imm Nat Eng Occupation Industry Code Emp Work Unemp Vet War Stites, Hugh D head M W 29 S MO MO MO physician medicine Stites, Alma mother F W 55 D 20 MO KY KY Stites, Richard brother M W 22 S MO MO MO fountain man restaurant

Family with parents
father Parents Prof. Joseph M Stites Elizabeth Amanda Hail	Prof. Horace Luster Stites 1862–1933
mother Parents (unknown)	Alma M Cockrell 1874–1949
elder brother Family Private	Hugh Dinsmore Stites 1900–1960
elder sister Family (none)	Helen Stites 1905–
himself Family Leona Kearney	Richard M Stites 1907–1984
Father’s family with Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry
father Parents Prof. Joseph M Stites Elizabeth Amanda Hail	Prof. Horace Luster Stites 1862–1933
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry 1871–1896
half-sister Family (none)	Audrey Maurine Stites 1893–1969
half-brother Family (none)	Ewing Cole Stites 1895–1895
Mother’s family with Edward Lee Shemwell
step-father Parents William David Shemwell Lucy Elizabeth Platt	Edward Lee Shemwell 1873–1896
mother Parents (unknown)	Alma M Cockrell 1874–1949
half-sister Family Louis Marcus Pace	Mary Elizabeth Shemwell 1894–1917
Family with Leona Kearney
himself Parents Prof. Horace Luster Stites Alma M Cockrell	Richard M Stites 1907–1984
wife Parents (unknown)	Leona Kearney 1908–