John Calvin Shamel Jr.Age: 70 years1854–1925
- Name
- John Calvin Shamel Jr.
- Given names
- John Calvin
- Surname
- Shamel
- Name suffix
- Jr.
 Birth | August 25, 1854 32 30 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy Verlinda Shamel September 6, 1857 (Age 3 years) |
 Occupation | Sheriff |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 28, 1860 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Albert Shamel November 13, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Izora Vinena Shamel February 27, 1863 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a sister | Lillian Leona Shamel August 26, 1865 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 12 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Lee Shamel June 13, 1868 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | June 27, 1870 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Religious marriage | Lena Leota Spillman — View this family April 8, 1880 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Claude DeVault Shamel October 7, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Corrinne B “Corra” Shamel May 25, 1883 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Rebecca Elizabeth Shamel after 1884 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Rebecca Ann Shamel September 13, 1887 (Age 33 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Anna M Shamel November 25, 1887 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a father | John Calvin Shamel April 13, 1888 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Owen Shamel May 7, 1889 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a son | Owen Shamel 1892 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Ray Wallbridge Shamel January 25, 1894 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Jennings Bryan Shamel May 31, 1896 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a son #7 | John Wallace Shamel March 24, 1899 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a wife | Lena Leota Spillman September 23, 1901 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a mother | Virlinda Nelson October 22, 1906 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ray Wallbridge Shamel — Lanetta Cecilia Walker — View this family Type: Religious marriage May 23, 1913 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a sister | Izora Vinena Shamel March 19, 1914 (Age 59 years) Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Charles J Skellett — Corrinne B “Corra” Shamel — View this family before 1918 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John Wallace Shamel Jr June 16, 1918 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 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 63 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Jennings Bryan Shamel — Anna M Walling — View this family before 1919 (Age 64 years) |
| Census | January 8, 1920 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas William Shamel June 28, 1923 (Age 68 years) Address: Near Competition |
| Death of a sister | Amelia Priscillia Shamel January 9, 1924 (Age 69 years) |
| Police force | Police force |
 Death | February 7, 1925 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Calvin Shamel Birth: July 16, 1822 31 — Stokes, North Carolina, United States Death: April 13, 1888 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Virlinda Nelson Birth: January 18, 1824 — Virginia, United States Death: October 22, 1906 |
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Marriage: April 8, 1847 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Thomas William Shamel Birth: March 11, 1849 26 25 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 28, 1923 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Amelia Priscillia Shamel Birth: February 14, 1852 29 28 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 9, 1924 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
John Calvin Shamel Jr. Birth: August 25, 1854 32 30 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1925 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Nancy Verlinda Shamel Birth: September 6, 1857 35 33 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 2, 1934 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
James Albert Shamel Birth: November 13, 1860 38 36 — Benton, Missouri, United States Death: December 29, 1934 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Izora Vinena Shamel Birth: February 27, 1863 40 39 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 19, 1914 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Lillian Leona Shamel Birth: August 26, 1865 43 41 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: January 12, 1955 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Lee Shamel Birth: June 13, 1868 45 44 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 23, 1929 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| Father’s family with Malinda … |
| father |
John Calvin Shamel Birth: July 16, 1822 31 — Stokes, North Carolina, United States Death: April 13, 1888 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Malinda … Birth: 1825 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1846 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: between 1843 and 1844 — |
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2 years half-sister |
Rebecca Elizabeth Shamel Birth: February 14, 1845 22 20 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1884 |
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23 months half-sibling |
… Shamel Birth: 1846 23 21 Death: 1846 |
| Family with Lena Leota Spillman |
| himself |
John Calvin Shamel Jr. Birth: August 25, 1854 32 30 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1925 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| wife |
Lena Leota Spillman Birth: July 1860 — Missouri, United States Death: September 23, 1901 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 8, 1880 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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6 months son |
Claude DeVault Shamel Birth: October 7, 1880 26 20 — Missouri, United States Death: January 23, 1963 — San Luis Obispo, California, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Corrinne B “Corra” Shamel Birth: May 25, 1883 28 22 — Missouri, United States Death: January 15, 1963 — San Luis Obispo, California, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Anna M Shamel Birth: November 25, 1887 33 27 — Missouri, United States Death: March 1982 — California, United States |
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17 months son |
Owen Shamel Birth: May 7, 1889 34 28 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: 1892 |
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5 years son |
Ray Wallbridge Shamel Birth: January 25, 1894 39 33 — Missouri, United States Death: March 12, 1978 — San Luis Obispo, California, United States |
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2 years son |
Jennings Bryan Shamel Birth: May 31, 1896 41 35 — Missouri, United States Death: April 17, 1992 — San Marcos, San Diego, California, United States |
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3 years son |
John Wallace Shamel Birth: March 24, 1899 44 38 — Missouri, United States Death: April 17, 1992 — San Diego, California, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - John Calvin Shamel - Household
Gasconade, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Calvin Shamel - Household
Gasconade, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Calvin Shamel Jr. - Household
Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - David French - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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