The Shemwell Family

Charles Henry ChandlerAge: 36 years18821918

Name
Charles Henry Chandler
Given names
Charles Henry
Surname
Chandler
Birth September 6, 1882
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
MarriageCleta May LoftinView this family
September 30, 1908 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Reid Chandler
1908 (Age 25 years)
Census April 30, 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
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 October 11, 1918 (Age 36 years)
Family with Cleta May Loftin - View this family
himself
Charles Henry Chandler
Birth: September 6, 1882North Carolina, United States
Death: October 11, 1918Spencer, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
wife
Cleta May Loftin
Birth: July 8, 1888 25 26North Carolina, United States
Death: September 4, 1986Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: September 30, 1908Rowan, North Carolina, United States
3 months
son
Charles Reid Chandler
Birth: 1908 25 19Spencer, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death:
Jackson Monroe Wishon + Cleta May Loftin - View this family
wife’s husband
Jackson Monroe Wishon
Birth: May 27, 1892Yadkin, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 18, 1964Spencer, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
wife
Cleta May Loftin
Birth: July 8, 1888 25 26North Carolina, United States
Death: September 4, 1986Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: February 28, 1922Rowan, North Carolina, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Henry Chandler - Household

Fourth Street Spencer, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Chandler, CharlesheadMW26M11VAVAVAEngineerLocomotive
Chandler, CletawifeFW20M1111NCNCNC
Chandler, Charles RsonMW8mSNCVANC
Loftin, Bethelsister in lawFW16SNCNCNC