The Shemwell Family

Earl DrummondAge: 63 years1897–1960

Name
Earl Drummond
Given names
Earl
Surname
Drummond
Birth May 4, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 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
MarriageEdna V Cox — View this family
between 1931 and 1940 (Age 33 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 42 years)
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
Census April 1950 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 48 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 June 26, 1960 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Belle Plaine Cemetery
Family with Edna V Cox - View this family
himself
Earl Drummond
Birth: May 4, 1897 — Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: June 26, 1960 — Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: between 1931 and 1940 — Kansas, United States
Noble Eugene Randall + Edna V Cox - View this family
wife’s husband
Noble Eugene Randall
Birth: January 28, 1895 28 23 — Kellogg, Cowley, Kansas, United States
Death: October 5, 1952 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1913 — Kansas, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Bernice L Randall
Birth: June 11, 1917 22 22 — Kansas, United States
Death: October 23, 1988 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Knox Maynard Battles + Edna V Cox - View this family
wife’s husband
Knox Maynard Battles
Birth: April 16, 1891 — LaCrosse, Izard, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 1972 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1926 — Kansas, United States

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Edna V Cox - Household

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Drummond, L EarlxheadR8YesMW42MNoKSFarmerFarmingOA520
Randall, Edna VwifeFW44MNoKS00
Cox, Joe Sfather-in-lawMW77MNoIL00
Cox, Berthamother-in-lawFW77MNoIA00

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Earl Drummond - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Drummess, EarlheadMW53MarKSWK49Bridge CarpenterCounty YeardG
Drummess, Edna VwifeFW55MarKSH
Perry, Rogene Lgrand-daughterFW9NevKS

Name
Lillie May Cox Obituary and Family Listing Wichita Eagle, Sunday, January 12, 1958, Page 3A Lifelong Resident Of Area, 58, Dies On Coast Visit Mrs. Lillie Hatfield, 58, of 4120 E. Clark, died Saturday in North Ridge, Calif., where she was visiting a son. A lifelong resident of this area, she was born Feb. 25, 1899, in Belle Plaine. Survivors include her husband, George, an employe at Wichita Municipal Airport; a daughter, Mrs. Wanda Zahourek, Sacramento, Calif.; four sons, Wayne L., North Ridge, George Jr., 2657 S. Mead, Leslie, 1718 S. Poplar, and Lawrence, of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Earl Drummond, 705 E. 57th South, and Mrs. Elizabeth Terhune, and Mrs. Della Davis, both of Spivey, Kan.; a brother, Sam Cox, 822 Coolidge; and 14 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday in Broadway Mortuary. The Rev. Leslie F. Toburen, Grace Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens Cemetery. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112910787/lillie-may-hatfield