Robert Lee ShamelAge: 61 years1868–1929
- Name
- Robert Lee Shamel
- Given names
- Robert Lee
- Surname
- Shamel
 Birth | June 13, 1868 45 44 |
 Marriage | Never married |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | June 27, 1870 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 11 years) |
 Death of a half-sister | Rebecca Elizabeth Shamel after 1884 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Rebecca Ann Shamel September 13, 1887 (Age 19 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Death of a father | John Calvin Shamel April 13, 1888 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 31 years) |
| Deputy Sheriff | Deputy Sheriff between 1897 and 1901 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a mother | Virlinda Nelson October 22, 1906 (Age 38 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a sister | Izora Vinena Shamel March 19, 1914 (Age 45 years) Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 5, 1920 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas William Shamel June 28, 1923 (Age 55 years) Address: Near Competition |
| Death of a sister | Amelia Priscillia Shamel January 9, 1924 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Calvin Shamel Jr. February 7, 1925 (Age 56 years) |
| Appointed | Appointed Note: Laclede County Hwy Commission |
 Death | September 23, 1929 (Age 61 years) Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Calvin Shamel Birth: July 16, 1822 31 — Stokes, North Carolina, United States Death: April 13, 1888 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Virlinda Nelson Birth: January 18, 1824 — Virginia, United States Death: October 22, 1906 |
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Marriage: April 8, 1847 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Thomas William Shamel Birth: March 11, 1849 26 25 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 28, 1923 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Amelia Priscillia Shamel Birth: February 14, 1852 29 28 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 9, 1924 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
John Calvin Shamel Jr. Birth: August 25, 1854 32 30 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1925 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Nancy Verlinda Shamel Birth: September 6, 1857 35 33 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 2, 1934 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
James Albert Shamel Birth: November 13, 1860 38 36 — Benton, Missouri, United States Death: December 29, 1934 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Izora Vinena Shamel Birth: February 27, 1863 40 39 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 19, 1914 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Lillian Leona Shamel Birth: August 26, 1865 43 41 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: January 12, 1955 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
Robert Lee Shamel Birth: June 13, 1868 45 44 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 23, 1929 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| Father’s family with Malinda … |
| father |
John Calvin Shamel Birth: July 16, 1822 31 — Stokes, North Carolina, United States Death: April 13, 1888 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Malinda … Birth: 1825 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1846 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: between 1843 and 1844 — |
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2 years half-sister |
Rebecca Elizabeth Shamel Birth: February 14, 1845 22 20 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1884 |
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23 months half-sibling |
… Shamel Birth: 1846 23 21 Death: 1846 |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Calvin Shamel - Household
Gasconade, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Calvin Shamel - Household
Newburg, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Virlinda Nelson - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Albert Shamel - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Albert Shamel - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Appointed | Laclede County Hwy Commission |