Robert Leo SheltonAge: 84 years1900–1984
- Name
- Robert Leo Shelton
- Given names
- Robert Leo
- Surname
- Shelton
 Birth | January 18, 1900 30 24 |
 Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 4 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Roy Cloud Shelton July 31, 1902 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Harold Wesley Shelton September 15, 1904 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Irene Shelton July 26, 1906 (Age 6 years) |
| Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 10 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Thomas Shelton October 31, 1918 (Age 18 years) |
| 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/ |
| Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 19 years) |
 Marriage | Lula Cecile Childers — View this family December 2, 1922 (Age 22 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 |
| Census | April 12, 1930 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Elizabeth Holland March 20, 1931 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1940 (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 |
| 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 sister | Leda May Shelton November 2, 1954 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a father | Eugene Holland Shelton April 17, 1956 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nannie Jane Cloud June 29, 1957 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruth Irene Shelton June 12, 1960 (Age 60 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 of a brother | Harold Wesley Shelton May 15, 1980 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a brother | Roy Cloud Shelton December 10, 1980 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | October 29, 1984 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sarcoxie Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Eugene Holland Shelton Birth: September 3, 1869 30 22 — Vandalia, Fayette, Illinois, United States Death: April 17, 1956 — Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Nannie Jane Cloud Birth: March 3, 1875 — Reeds, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: June 29, 1957 — Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 12, 1892 — Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Leda May Shelton Birth: October 6, 1895 26 20 — Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: November 2, 1954 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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4 years himself |
Robert Leo Shelton Birth: January 18, 1900 30 24 — Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: October 29, 1984 — Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Roy Cloud Shelton Birth: July 31, 1902 32 27 — Reeds, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: December 10, 1980 — Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Harold Wesley Shelton Birth: September 15, 1904 35 29 — Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: May 15, 1980 — Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States |
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22 months younger sister |
Ruth Irene Shelton Birth: July 26, 1906 36 31 — Reeds, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: June 12, 1960 — Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Lula Cecile Childers |
| himself |
Robert Leo Shelton Birth: January 18, 1900 30 24 — Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: October 29, 1984 — Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Lula Cecile Childers Birth: May 28, 1899 — Missouri, United States Death: March 13, 1986 — Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 2, 1922 — Avilla, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
Robert Leo Shelton has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents John Farmer Johns + Nancy Ellen “Nannie” Shelton
Parents James Marshall Inks + Nellie Pineleaf Shelton
Parents Jasper Thomas Shelton + Rhoda E Pultz
Parents Norman Wesley Shelton + Grace E Worthy
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Eugene Holland Shelton - Household
Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Eugene Holland Shelton - Household
Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Eugene Holland Shelton - Household
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Leo Shelton - Household
Lincoln, Jasper, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Robert Leo Shelton - Household
Lincoln, Jasper, Missouri
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