The Shemwell Family

Lester Morgan Herndon1893

Name
Lester Morgan Herndon
Given names
Lester Morgan
Surname
Herndon
Birth January 1893 33 22
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 14, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterMildred L Herndon
March 11, 1901 (Age 8 years)
Census January 29, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Death of a motherStella May Short
January 24, 1912 (Age 19 years)
Marriage of a parentBenjamin Thomas HerndonRozetta CallView this family
October 20, 1913 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageEva L SandidgeView this family
January 13, 1917 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 25 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 February 2, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 17, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 fatherBenjamin Thomas Herndon
December 2, 1949 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 53 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 26, 1888Saline, Missouri, United States
14 months
elder sister
Amy Gladys Herndon
Birth: February 1890 30 19Saline, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
himself
8 years
younger sister
Mildred L Herndon
Birth: March 11, 1901 41 30Saline, Missouri, United States
Death:
Father’s family with Rozetta Call - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: October 20, 1913Saline, Missouri, United States
Family with Eva L Sandidge - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 13, 1917Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

Lester Morgan Herndon has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Thomas Herndon - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Herndon, Benjamin TheadWMJul185940M11MOMOMOfarmer
Herndon, Stella MwifeWFSEP187029M1132MOKYMO
Herndon, Annie GdaughterWFFeb189010SMOMOMO
Herndon, Lester MsonWMJan18937SMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lester H Herndon - Household

Cook Inlet, Alaska, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Herndon, Lester HlodgerMW41SMOMOMO
Herndon, Lester MnephewMW17SMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Thomas Herndon - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Herndon, Benjamin TheadMW50MMOMOKYfarmer
Herndon, Stella MaywifeFW39M43MOKYMO
Herndon, Amy GladysdaughterFW20SMOMOMO
Herndon, Lester MorgansonMW19SMOMOMO
Herndon, Mildred LdaughterFW9SMOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lester H Herndon - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Herndon, Lester HheadMW51SMOMOMOfarmergeneral farm

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lester Morgan Herndon - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Herndon, Lester MheadMW37MMOMOMOfarmer
Herndon, Eva LwifeFW34MMOMOMO
Herndon, Lester HuncleMW62SMOMOMOfarmer