The Shemwell Family

Armon Lester RushinAge: 57 years19061964

Name
Armon Lester Rushin
Given names
Armon Lester
Surname
Rushin
Birth June 13, 1906 44 41
Death of a fatherJoel Rushin Jr
September 24, 1908 (Age 2 years)
Census April 23, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 10, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Roy Rushin
September 19, 1929 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 2, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge N Rushin
January 11, 1934 (Age 27 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 motherMary Elizabeth Williams
September 11, 1945 (Age 39 years)
MarriageMable SappingtonView this family
October 27, 1949 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 sisterMaude Lee Rushin
May 22, 1956 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 January 2, 1964 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 22, 1880Butler, Missouri, United States
7 years
elder sister
Maude Lee Rushin
Birth: August 19, 1887 26 22Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 22, 1956Butler, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
John Roy Rushin
Birth: December 25, 1889 28 25Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: September 19, 1929
4 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
4 years
himself
Armon Lester Rushin
Birth: June 13, 1906 44 41Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: January 2, 1964Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Family with Mable Sappington - View this family
himself
Armon Lester Rushin
Birth: June 13, 1906 44 41Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: January 2, 1964Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: October 27, 1949Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Williams - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Rushin, MaryheadFW45Wd126MOMOMOWash womanIn City
Rushin, Johnie RsonMW20SMOMOMONight WatchmanFactory
Rushin, GeorgesonMW16SMOMOMOLaborerIn Lumber Mill
Rushin, Robert BsonMW12SMOMOMO
Rushin, Martha MdaughterFW7SMOMOMO
Rushin, Armon LsonMW4SMOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Williams - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Rushin, Mary EheadFW55WdMOMoMOLaborerGeneral Home ?
Rushin, LestersonMW13SMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Williams - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Rushin, Mary EheadFW65WdMOUSUS
Rushin, Armon LsonMW23SMOMOMOSalesmanGeneral Store