The Shemwell Family

Lucille Belle RodgersAge: 85 years18891974

Name
Lucille Belle Rodgers
Given names
Lucille Belle
Surname
Rodgers
Married name
Lucille Belle Dillow
Birth July 21, 1889
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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
MarriageCharles Manuel DillowView this family
April 21, 1909 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dolores Ella “Babe” Dillow
November 1, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 husbandCharles Manuel Dillow
July 5, 1923 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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
Marriage of a childRalph Leroy ChurchmanDolores Ella “Babe” DillowView this family
about 1934 (Age 44 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Marcia L Churchman
September 2, 1935 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Ralph Eugene Churchman
December 9, 1942 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 60 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 56 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 August 1974 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cerro Gordo Cemetery
Family with Charles Manuel Dillow - View this family
husband
Charles Manuel Dillow
Birth: September 13, 1888Jonesboro, Maury, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 5, 1923Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States
herself
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

No family available

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