The Shemwell Family

Charles Elic ReynoldsAge: 78 years19001979

Name
Charles Elic Reynolds
Given names
Charles Elic
Surname
Reynolds
Birth September 13, 1900 39 39
Birth of a brotherFred A Reynolds
March 6, 1903 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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 maternal grandmotherNancy Keziah Thompson
January 29, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Perry Lankford
December 3, 1925 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Birth of a son
#1
Robert A Reynolds
1934 (Age 33 years)

Death of a motherElizabeth Adaline Lankford
December 25, 1937 (Age 37 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Henry Reynolds
March 16, 1941 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 sisterMartha K Reynolds
November 11, 1946 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge W Reynolds
September 8, 1951 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 sisterCorda Jane “Cordie” Reynolds
April 9, 1962 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherJames Robert Reynolds
April 12, 1962 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sisterMary May Reynolds
1964 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 March 11, 1979 (Age 78 years)
Burialunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: December 28, 1879Newton, Missouri, United States
13 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Martha K Reynolds
Birth: October 16, 1883 22 22Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: November 11, 1946Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder brother
James Robert Reynolds
Birth: August 29, 1886 25 25Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: April 12, 1962Jasper, Missouri, United States
6 years
elder sister
Mary May Reynolds
Birth: November 16, 1892 31 31Missouri, United States
Death: 1964Oklahoma, United States
4 years
elder sister
Corda Jane “Cordie” Reynolds
Birth: August 1, 1896 35 35Missouri, United States
Death: April 9, 1962Woodland, Yolo, California, United States
4 years
himself
Charles Elic Reynolds
Birth: September 13, 1900 39 39Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: March 11, 1979San Bernardino, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
Fred A Reynolds
Birth: March 6, 1903 42 41Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: March 1, 1988Lake, California, United States
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himself
Charles Elic Reynolds
Birth: September 13, 1900 39 39Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: March 11, 1979San Bernardino, California, United States
wife
Lois Rigney
Birth: November 11, 1914Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 29, 1994Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
son
daughter
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