Thomas Oscar ShowersAge: 54 years1886–1940
- Name
- Thomas Oscar Showers
- Given names
- Thomas Oscar
- Surname
- Showers
 Birth | August 31, 1886 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 |
 Marriage | Mary Myrtle Wheat — View this family April 2, 1907 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mildred Belle Showers October 2, 1908 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Jessie Elizabeth Showers January 4, 1911 (Age 24 years) Note: Birth year/place found in Marriage Record |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 43 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 | October 27, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery |
| Family with Mary Myrtle Wheat |
| himself |
Thomas Oscar Showers Birth: August 31, 1886 — Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: October 27, 1940 — San Diego, San Diego, California, United States |
| wife |
Mary Myrtle Wheat Birth: July 23, 1890 — Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: January 14, 1959 — Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: April 2, 1907 — Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
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18 months daughter |
Mildred Belle Showers Birth: October 2, 1908 22 18 — Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: December 8, 1992 — Covington, Fountain, Indiana, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Jessie Elizabeth Showers Birth: January 4, 1911 24 20 — Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: April 13, 1972 — Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States |
| Roy Williams Nichols + Mary Myrtle Wheat |
| wife’s husband |
Roy Williams Nichols Birth: December 26, 1890 — Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois, United States Death: July 24, 1961 — Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Mary Myrtle Wheat Birth: July 23, 1890 — Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: January 14, 1959 — Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |