Thomas William ShamelAge: 74 years1849–1923
- Name
- Thomas William Shamel
- Given names
- Thomas William
- Surname
- Shamel
 Birth | March 11, 1849 26 25 |
 Marriage | Mary Elizabeth Reed — View this family unknown |
 Census | August 29, 1850 (Age 17 months) Note: Unusual that daughter-in-law is listed before son. -b |
 Birth of a sister | Amelia Priscillia Shamel February 14, 1852 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Calvin Shamel Jr. August 25, 1854 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Verlinda Shamel September 6, 1857 (Age 8 years) |
 Occupation | Blacksmith |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | July 28, 1860 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Albert Shamel November 13, 1860 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Izora Vinena Shamel February 27, 1863 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a sister | Lillian Leona Shamel August 26, 1865 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Lee Shamel June 13, 1868 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | June 27, 1870 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Alverta “Vertie” Shamel March 1877 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Myrtle M Shamel March 17, 1879 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William “Bill” Shamel March 28, 1883 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Nelson VanBuren Shamel January 1, 1884 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Rebecca Elizabeth Shamel after 1884 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Elizabeth Reed January 26, 1886 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Rebecca Ann Shamel September 13, 1887 (Age 38 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Death of a father | John Calvin Shamel April 13, 1888 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Walter McMillen Barnett — Myrtle M Shamel — View this family August 1, 1897 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Marvin Thomas Barnett October 22, 1898 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Otis Barnett March 3, 1900 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Edith May Barnett October 10, 1902 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Hurley N Barnett August 10, 1904 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Faye Marie Barnett September 25, 1906 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a mother | Virlinda Nelson October 22, 1906 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1910 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Wayne McMillan Barnett August 10, 1911 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Pearl Marie Barnett February 27, 1913 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William “Bill” Shamel — Birdie M Hough — View this family April 16, 1913 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Izora Vinena Shamel March 19, 1914 (Age 65 years) Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Glennis Bernice Shamel November 6, 1914 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Nelson VanBuren Shamel — Ora Agnes Hough — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 23, 1914 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Paris Lowell Barnett February 25, 1915 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Alverta “Vertie” Shamel September 10, 1915 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Lowell William Shamel March 11, 1916 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Blanche Wanita Barnett November 22, 1916 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | Opha Elizabeth Shamel March 10, 1917 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 67 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 68 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Jewell Barnett 1919 (Age 69 years) |
| Census | January 3, 1920 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Phyllis Mae Shamel February 14, 1921 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | Walter McMillen Barnett Jr March 4, 1922 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | Elizabeth Lee Shamel March 6, 1923 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | June 28, 1923 (Age 74 years) Address: Near Competition |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Calvin Shamel Birth: July 16, 1822 31 — Stokes, North Carolina, United States Death: April 13, 1888 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Virlinda Nelson Birth: January 18, 1824 — Virginia, United States Death: October 22, 1906 |
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Marriage: April 8, 1847 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months himself |
Thomas William Shamel Birth: March 11, 1849 26 25 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 28, 1923 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Amelia Priscillia Shamel Birth: February 14, 1852 29 28 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 9, 1924 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
John Calvin Shamel Jr. Birth: August 25, 1854 32 30 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1925 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Nancy Verlinda Shamel Birth: September 6, 1857 35 33 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 2, 1934 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
James Albert Shamel Birth: November 13, 1860 38 36 — Benton, Missouri, United States Death: December 29, 1934 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Izora Vinena Shamel Birth: February 27, 1863 40 39 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 19, 1914 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Lillian Leona Shamel Birth: August 26, 1865 43 41 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: January 12, 1955 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Lee Shamel Birth: June 13, 1868 45 44 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 23, 1929 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| Father’s family with Malinda … |
| father |
John Calvin Shamel Birth: July 16, 1822 31 — Stokes, North Carolina, United States Death: April 13, 1888 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Malinda … Birth: 1825 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1846 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: between 1843 and 1844 — |
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2 years half-sister |
Rebecca Elizabeth Shamel Birth: February 14, 1845 22 20 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1884 |
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23 months half-sibling |
… Shamel Birth: 1846 23 21 Death: 1846 |
| Family with Mary Elizabeth Reed |
| himself |
Thomas William Shamel Birth: March 11, 1849 26 25 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 28, 1923 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth Reed Birth: March 15, 1860 Death: January 26, 1886 |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Alverta “Vertie” Shamel Birth: March 1877 27 16 — Missouri, United States Death: September 10, 1915 — Pomeroy, Garfield, Washington, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Myrtle M Shamel Birth: March 17, 1879 30 19 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: January 27, 1932 — Monett, Barry, Missouri, United States |
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4 years son |
William “Bill” Shamel Birth: March 28, 1883 34 23 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: July 24, 1970 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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9 months son |
Nelson VanBuren Shamel Birth: January 1, 1884 34 23 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: April 10, 1951 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Rebecca Ann Shamel - Household
Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - John Calvin Shamel - Household
Gasconade, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Calvin Shamel - Household
Gasconade, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Virlinda Nelson - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas William Shamel - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Shamel - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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