The Shemwell Family

Charles L PhillipsAge: 96 years18681964

Name
Charles L Phillips
Given names
Charles L
Surname
Phillips
Birth October 27, 1868
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 months)

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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
MarriageMartha Jennie HollenbackView this family
November 9, 1899 (Age 31 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/
Census January 3, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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
Census April 26, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Census May 1, 1940 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 17, 1950 (Age 81 years)
Death of a wifeMartha Jennie Hollenback
September 23, 1951 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 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 77 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 17, 1964 (Age 96 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Six Mile Cemetery
Family with Martha Jennie Hollenback - View this family
himself
Charles L Phillips
Birth: October 27, 1868Russiaville, Howard, Indiana, United States
Death: November 17, 1964Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States
wife
Marriage: November 9, 1899Deer Creek, Miami, Indiana, United States
Oliver P Morton Gillam + Martha Jennie Hollenback - View this family
wife’s husband
Oliver P Morton Gillam
Birth: October 16, 1861 37 37Indiana, United States
Death: December 16, 1922Indiana, United States
wife
Marriage: October 21, 1885Howard, Indiana, United States
11 months
step-son
Chester Gillam
Birth: September 8, 1886 24 19Carroll, Indiana, United States
Death: May 11, 1973Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States
Albert Goodwin Jordan + Martha Jennie Hollenback - View this family
wife’s husband
Albert Goodwin Jordan
Birth: August 15, 1851Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: June 7, 1939Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Marriage: December 24, 1891Cass, Indiana, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Charles L Phillips - Household

Jackson, Miami, Indiana, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Phillips, C LheadWMSep186831M0INPAPABlacksmith0YesYesYesRH
Phillips, JenniewifeWFMar186832M011INOHINYesYesYes
Gillam, ChesterstepsonWMSep188613SINININAt SchoolYesYesYes

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles L Phillips - Household

Grant, DeKalb, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Phillips, Charles LheadMW42M110INUnited StatesUnited StatesEnglishBlacksmithOwn ShopOAYesYesRH
Phillips, MarthawifeFW43M21011INOHINEnglishNoneYesYes
Gillam, ChesterstepsonMW23SINININEnglishLaborerDriverWNo8YesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles L Phillips - Household

Liberty, Howard, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Phillips, CharlesheadRMW51MYesYesININOHYesBlacksmithOwn ShopOA
Phillips, Martha JwifeFW52MYesYesINOHINYesNone
Gillam, ChesterstepsonMW33SYesYesINININYesPattern MakerFactoryW

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles L Phillips - Household

Eaton, Delaware, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Phillips, CharlesheadO1200NoMW61M30NoYesINOHINYesBlacksmithOwn SHopOYes
Phillips, MarthawifeFW62M18NoYesINOHINYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles L Phillips - Household

Eaton, Delaware, Indiana, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Phillips, CharlesheadO1800MW71MNoINBlacksmithIron IndustryOA52
Phillips, Jennie MxwifeFW73MNoIN00

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Charles L Phillips - Household

Eaton, Delaware, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Phillips, Charles LheadMW70MarINWK40BlacksmithSjopP
Phillips, Martha JwifeFW83MarINH

Name
Martha Phillips (nee Hollenback) Obituary and Family Listing MRS. MARTHA PHILLIPS. Services for Mrs. Martha (Jen- nie) Phillips, 84, of Eaton, who died Sunday at the Clark Nursing Home in Eaton, were conducted Wednesday morning at the Pit- man Mortuary by the Reverend Edward Antle. Burial was in Six Mile Cemetery near Bluffton. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87772081/martha-jennie-phillips