The Shemwell Family

Felix Randolph MeadorAge: 77 years19051983

Name
Felix Randolph Meador
Given names
Felix Randolph
Surname
Meador
Birth November 3, 1905 32 30
Death of a maternal grandmotherColumbia Jane Shemwell
May 12, 1907 (Age 18 months)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 19, 1920 (Age 14 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
MarriageMary Ruth KallenbachView this family
May 3, 1931 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Lafayette Gilliam Sr.
January 28, 1933 (Age 27 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Death of a fatherElvy Opedia Meador
1942 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 motherSusan Elliot Gilliam
July 17, 1954 (Age 48 years)
Death of a sisterMary Hallie Meador
August 21, 1975 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 brotherErie Orlin Meador
April 10, 1976 (Age 70 years)
Death of a wifeMary Ruth Kallenbach
September 1982 (Age 76 years)
Death March 1983 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valhalla Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Susan Elliot Gilliam
Birth: September 7, 1875 29 28Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 17, 1954Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1895
22 months
elder sister
Mary Hallie Meador
Birth: November 15, 1896 23 21Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 21, 1975Logan, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Erie Orlin Meador
Birth: March 8, 1899 25 23Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 10, 1976Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
7 years
himself
Felix Randolph Meador
Birth: November 3, 1905 32 30Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 1983St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Family with Mary Ruth Kallenbach - View this family
himself
Felix Randolph Meador
Birth: November 3, 1905 32 30Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 1983St. Louis, Missouri, United States
wife
Mary Ruth Kallenbach
Birth: April 6, 1911Missouri, United States
Death: September 1982Missouri, United States
Marriage: May 3, 1931Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

Felix Randolph Meador has 21 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Elvy Opedia Meador - Household

Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Meador, E OheadMW35M114KYKYTNFarmer
Gilliam, F EwifeFW34M11433KYKYKY
Meador, M HdaughterFW13SKYKYKY
Meador, Erie O JrsonMW11SKYKYKY
Meador, F RsonMW4SKYKYKY

Susan is F C or E -b

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Elvy Opedia Meador - Household

Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Meador, E OheadMW46MKYTNTNFarmerGeneral farm
Meador, Susan EwifeFW44MKYKYKY
Meador, Mary HdaughterFW23SKYKYKYTeacherCommon school
Meador, Erie OsonMW20MKYKYKYFarm laborerAt home
Meador, Felix RsonMW14SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Felix Randolph Meador - Household

8728 David St. Normandy, St. Louis, Missouri

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Meador, FelixheadMW34MKYsame houseElectricalPublic Electric Utility
Meador, RuthwifeFW29MMOsame house