The Shemwell Family

Earl D Swegle1897

Name
Earl D Swegle
Given names
Earl D
Surname
Swegle
Birth 1897 30 31
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 months)
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
Birth of a sisterMary M Swegle
1901 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherCol. Christopher Columbus Higgerson
February 11, 1903 (Age 6 years)
Address: Near Boonville
Birth of a sisterMildred Frances Swegle
1905 (Age 8 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 2, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Frances Herndon
May 15, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 33 years)
Death of a fatherAbraham Douglas Swegle
February 15, 1937 (Age 40 years)
Cause: Uremia
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 motherEffie May Higgerson
November 10, 1951 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 49 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 sisterMildred Frances Swegle
2002 (Age 105 years)

Deathunknown

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father
mother
Effie May Higgerson
Birth: December 18, 1865 30 26Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 10, 1951Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 19, 1893Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
10 months
elder brother
3 years
himself
5 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister

Earl D Swegle has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Abraham Douglas Swegle - Household

Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Swegle, Abraham DheadMW37M16ILPANJoperatortelegraph
Swegle, Effie MwifeFW38M1644MOVAMO
Swegle, Elmer LsonMW15SMOILMO
Swegle, Earl DsonMW13SMOILMO
Swegle, Mary MdaughterFW9SMOILMO
Swegle, Mildred FdaughterFW5SMOILMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Abraham Douglas Swegle - Household

Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Swegle, Abraham DheadMW53MILPANJoperatortelegraph
Swegle, Effie MwifeFW54MMOVAMO
Swegle, Earl DsonMW22SMOILMOfiremanrailroad
Swegle, Mary MdaughterFW19SMOILMO
Swegle, Frances MdaughterFW16SMOILMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Abraham Douglas Swegle - Household

Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Swegle, Abraham DheadMW64M24ILILNJ
Swegle, Effie MwifeFW65M25MONJMO
Swegle, Earl DsonMW33SMOILMOfiremansteam railroad