The Shemwell Family

Charles Manuel DillowAge: 34 years18881923

Name
Charles Manuel Dillow
Given names
Charles Manuel
Surname
Dillow
Birth September 13, 1888
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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
MarriageLucille Belle RodgersView this family
April 21, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dolores Ella “Babe” Dillow
November 1, 1909 (Age 21 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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 July 5, 1923 (Age 34 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cerro Gordo Cemetery
Family with Lucille Belle Rodgers - View this family
himself
Charles Manuel Dillow
Birth: September 13, 1888Jonesboro, Maury, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 5, 1923Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States
wife
Marriage: April 21, 1909Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
6 months
daughter
Dolores Ella “Babe” Dillow
Birth: November 1, 1909 21 20Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States
Death: September 29, 1999Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Manuel Dillow - Household

Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Dillow, CharlesheadMW21M11TNTNTNEnglishLaborerPaintingWNo1YesYesRH
Dillow, LucillewifeFW19M1111ILINOHEnglishNoneYesYes
Dillow, Ella DelorisdaughterFW0 years 5 monthsSILTNILNone

Name
Deloris E Dillow Obituary and Family Listing Deloris E. "Babe" Churchman, 89, of Salina, Kan., formerly of Decatur, died Wednesday (Sept. 29, 1999) in Holiday Resort, Salina.Mrs. Churchman was born Nov. 1, 1909, in Cerro Gordo, the daughter of Charles Dillow and Lucille Rodgers Dillow. She moved to Salina in 1993 from Decatur. She attended the Baptist Church in Decatur. Deloris is survived by a son, Ralph E. Churchman of Salina; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph L. and a daughter, Marcia Koch. Decatur, IL Herald & Review Oct 1, 1999 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76898201/deloris_e_churchman