The Shemwell Family

William Otto PlasterAge: 59 years18931953

Name
William Otto Plaster
Given names
William Otto
Surname
Plaster
Birth July 27, 1893 31 29
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 4, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterElva A Plaster
November 20, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Death of a sisterElva A Plaster
September 20, 1901 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sisterRuth Agnes Plaster
April 14, 1904 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 of a motherMinerva Jane “Minnie” Parham
December 16, 1919 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherThomas E Plaster Jr
March 7, 1921 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Shockley
June 6, 1926 (Age 32 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
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 sisterRuth Agnes Plaster
May 25, 1949 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sisterMable Elizabeth Plaster
May 29, 1952 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 52 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 April 26, 1953 (Age 59 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: June 28, 1885Hayes Mill, Texas, Missouri, United States
10 months
elder sister
Myrtle Ann Plaster
Birth: April 20, 1886 23 22Cabool, Texas, Missouri, United States
Death: January 19, 1956Almartha, Ozark, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mable Elizabeth Plaster
Birth: January 17, 1889 26 25Douglas, Missouri, United States
Death: May 29, 1952Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
elder sister
3 years
himself
William Otto Plaster
Birth: July 27, 1893 31 29Birch Tree, Shannon, Missouri, United States
Death: April 26, 1953Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
7 years
younger sister
Elva A Plaster
Birth: November 20, 1900 38 37Missouri, United States
Death: September 20, 1901
3 years
younger sister
Ruth Agnes Plaster
Birth: April 14, 1904 41 40Mountain Grove, Wright, Missouri, United States
Death: May 25, 1949Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Sarah Elizabeth Shockley - Household

Oak Street Mountain Grove, Wright, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Parham, Sarah EheadWFFeb184060Wd112MOTNMO
Parham, FranklinsonWMApr187822SMOMOTNDay Laborer
Parham, LouisadaughterWFMar188119SMOMOTN
Plaster, ThomasboarderWMJun186137M15MOUnknownMODay Laborer
Parham, MiinniewifeWFAug186237M1541MOTNMO
Plaster, MyrtledaughterWFApr188614SMOMOMOAt School
Plaster, MabledaughterWFJan188911SMOMOMO
Plaster, OttisonWMJul18927SMOMOMO

Thomas is son in law- Minnie is Daughter & grandchildren -b