 Birth | October 7, 1880 26 20 |
 Birth of a sister | Corrinne B “Corra” Shamel May 25, 1883 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Anna M Shamel November 25, 1887 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Calvin Shamel April 13, 1888 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Owen Shamel May 7, 1889 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a brother | Owen Shamel 1892 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Ray Wallbridge Shamel January 25, 1894 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jennings Bryan Shamel May 31, 1896 (Age 15 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 brother | John Wallace Shamel March 24, 1899 (Age 18 years) |
 Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lena Leota Spillman September 23, 1901 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Virlinda Nelson October 22, 1906 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 father | John Calvin Shamel Jr. February 7, 1925 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 48 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 | Lela Evert — View this family November 18, 1931 (Age 51 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 69 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 |
| Death of a sister | Corrinne B “Corra” Shamel January 15, 1963 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 | January 23, 1963 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cambria Cemetery |