The Shemwell Family

Cecil Earl AbbottAge: 65 years19041969

Name
Cecil Earl Abbott
Given names
Cecil Earl
Surname
Abbott
Note: He was the adopted child of Edward Abbott and Nina Esta Hickman Abbott.
Birth February 14, 1904 31 28
MarriageBertha M PriserView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherEverett Guy Abbott
September 18, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Census April 23, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Death of a motherIda Nola Holland
February 24, 1911 (Age 7 years)
Death of a fatherJessie L Grant Abbott
July 30, 1914 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 half-sisterLula Pearl Meredith
November 13, 1922 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Walker Holland
January 13, 1931 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherEverett Guy Abbott
February 14, 1938 (Age 34 years)
Cause: Suicide - Shot gun wound of the left chest
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 41 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 October 25, 1969 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Knights of Pythias Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1903
13 months
himself
Cecil Earl Abbott
Birth: February 14, 1904 31 28Missouri, United States
Death: October 25, 1969Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
5 years
younger brother
Everett Guy Abbott
Birth: September 18, 1908 36 33Indiana, United States
Death: February 14, 1938Van Buren, Clay, Indiana, United States
Father’s family with an unknown individual - View this family
father
half-brother
Mother’s family with Franklin Green Meredith - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: May 7, 1891Marion, Illinois, United States
17 months
half-sister
Lula Pearl Meredith
Birth: September 25, 1892 30 17Odin, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: November 13, 1922Sandoval, Marion, Illinois, United States
22 months
half-brother
Charles Lester “Red” Meredith
Birth: July 19, 1894 32 19Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: April 19, 1977DeWitt, Illinois, United States
20 months
half-sister
Mildred M “Millie” Meredith
Birth: March 7, 1896 34 21Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: December 1980Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
2 years
half-brother
Ralph Meredith
Birth: March 11, 1898 36 23Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: March 27, 1898Marion, Illinois, United States
Family with Bertha M Priser - View this family
himself
Cecil Earl Abbott
Birth: February 14, 1904 31 28Missouri, United States
Death: October 25, 1969Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
wife
Bertha M Priser
Birth: April 4, 1895Indiana, United States
Death: November 26, 1984Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
Marriage:

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jessie L Grant Abbott - Household

Franklin, Pulaski, Indiana

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Abbott, JesseheadMW37M17INUSUSFarmerGeneral Farm
Abbott, NoliewifeFW35M2776ILKYMO
Abbott, CharencesonMW10SILINILFarm LaborerHome Farm
Abbott, EarlsonMW6SMOINILFarm LaborerHome Farm
Abbott, Everett GsonMW1-5mSININIL

Charence was born before marriage to Nola -b

Name
He was the adopted child of Edward Abbott and Nina Esta Hickman Abbott.