The Shemwell Family

Charles Luther ShannerAge: 70 years18851956

Name
Charles Luther Shanner
Given names
Charles Luther
Surname
Shanner
Birth November 24, 1885
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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
MarriageOllie Jane DickenView this family
April 8, 1937 (Age 51 years)
Death of a wifeOllie Jane Dicken
August 3, 1945 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 60 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 November 2, 1956 (Age 70 years)
Family with Ollie Jane Dicken - View this family
himself
Charles Luther Shanner
Birth: November 24, 1885Page, Holt, Nebraska, United States
Death: November 2, 1956St. Clair, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: April 8, 1937Butler, Missouri, United States
Martin Smithers Randels + Ollie Jane Dicken - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: December 17, 1904Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
13 months
step-daughter
Cleo Lanette Randels
Birth: January 10, 1906 24 17Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: August 25, 1944Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
23 months
step-daughter
Martie Elizabeth Randels
Birth: December 2, 1907 25 19Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 3, 1988Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States
7 years
step-daughter
Polly V Randels
Birth: about 1914 32 25Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: September 25, 1947San Francisco, California, United States
5 years
step-daughter
Lena Marie Randels
Birth: March 14, 1919 37 30Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1977Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, United States