The Shemwell Family

Cecil Calvin RodgersAge: 54 years19021957

Name
Cecil Calvin Rodgers
Given names
Cecil Calvin
Surname
Rodgers
Birth September 15, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 3, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Donald Rex Rodgers
April 27, 1936 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Patricia Ruth Rodgers
March 9, 1939 (Age 36 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 August 9, 1957 (Age 54 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arlington Memory Gardens
Family with Evelyn Belle Ginn - View this family
himself
Cecil Calvin Rodgers
Birth: September 15, 1902Foreman, Little River, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 9, 1957Oklahoma, United States
wife
Evelyn Belle Ginn
Birth: January 31, 1907 33 27Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 10, 1981Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
son
Private
son
Donald Rex Rodgers
Birth: April 27, 1936 33 29Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 25, 1990Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
daughter
Patricia Ruth Rodgers
Birth: March 9, 1939 36 32Wanette, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 18, 1998Duval, Florida, United States
son
Private

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Cecil Calvin Rodgers - Household

Wanette, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Rodgers, Cecil CheadMW28M26ARARARLaborerPipe Line
Rodgers, Evelyn BwifeFW23M20OKARTXClerkGrocery