The Shemwell Family

Butler Allen1882

Name
Butler Allen
Given names
Butler
Surname
Allen
Birth June 6, 1882 39 25

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageJenny SmithView this family
January 25, 1901 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Clarence Edward Allen
November 10, 1902 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Charles H Allen
September 2, 1904 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a brotherC W Allen
September 2, 1904 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Francis O Allen
January 14, 1910 (Age 27 years)

Death of a motherMary Elizabeth Patterson
1910 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 sonCharles H Allen
June 27, 1917 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 34 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 35 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 wifeJenny Smith
February 13, 1920 (Age 37 years)

MarriageMyrtle Welch WalkerView this family
November 1920 (Age 38 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Laverne Allen
July 15, 1926 (Age 44 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Blanche Allen
September 7, 1926 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherJames Henry Allen
1927 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 grandson
#2
Donald Eugene Allen
April 25, 1931 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Clyde S Allen
July 25, 1932 (Age 50 years)

Death of a sonClyde S Allen
October 26, 1932 (Age 50 years)

Death of a wifeMyrtle Welch Walker
January 18, 1933 (Age 50 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 59 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 grandsonDonald Eugene Allen
July 22, 1951 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 67 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 63 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 sonClarence Edward Allen
February 17, 1982 (Age 99 years)
Death
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 6, 1875Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States
7 years
himself
22 years
younger brother
C W Allen
Birth: September 2, 1904 62 48
Death: Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States
brother
sister
brother
brother
Family with Jenny Smith - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 25, 1901
21 months
son
Clarence Edward Allen
Birth: November 10, 1902 20 15Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States
Death: February 17, 1982Beech Grove, Marion, Indiana, United States
22 months
son
5 years
son
Francis O Allen
Birth: January 14, 1910 27 23
Death: March 1, 1992Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States
Family with Myrtle Welch Walker - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 1920
6 years
daughter
6 years
son