The Shemwell Family

Fassie M ChristopherAge: 88 years18981987

Name
Fassie M Christopher
Given names
Fassie M
Surname
Christopher
Married name
Fassie M McMahan
Married name
Fassie M Summers
Birth June 30, 1898 53 28
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 daughter
#1
Ruby McMahan
calculated 1919 (Age 20 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lillian McMahan
February 24, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherEdward D Christopher
March 28, 1926 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 5, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Death of a daughterRuby McMahan
1931 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Billy Wayne Fine
December 1, 1937 (Age 39 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Death of a husbandCharles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan
April 12, 1948 (Age 49 years)
Cause: Heart
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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
Civil marriageBenjamin Hiram SummersView this family
April 8, 1957 (Age 58 years)
Death of a motherNancy Mariott
March 6, 1966 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 of a husbandBenjamin Hiram Summers
April 4, 1976 (Age 77 years)
Death April 9, 1987 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Zion Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Edward D Christopher
Birth: January 14, 1845Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Death: March 28, 1926Pomona, Howell, Missouri, United States
mother
Nancy Mariott
Birth: October 6, 1869Phelps, Missouri, United States
Death: March 6, 1966Howell, Missouri, United States
Marriage:
herself
Family with Charles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Ruby McMahan
Birth: calculated 1919 33 20Missouri, United States
Death: 1931
14 months
daughter
Lillian McMahan
Birth: February 24, 1920 34 21Missouri, United States
Death: October 13, 1997Pomona, Howell, Missouri, United States
son
Private
Family with Benjamin Hiram Summers - View this family
husband
Benjamin Hiram Summers
Birth: September 16, 1892Rich Hill, Bates, Missouri, United States
Death: April 4, 1976West Plains, Howell, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: April 8, 1957Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Charles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan + Julia Hagan - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 8, 1911Ozark, Missouri, United States
2 years
step-son

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan - Household

Dry Creek, Howell, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPFBPMBPOccupationIndEmp
Charles McMahanheadMW37MMOMOMOBarnLivery
Fassie McMahanwifeFW22MMOMDAK
Nicholas McMahansonMW6SMOMOMO
Ruby McMahandaughterFW1-6moSMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan - Household

E. 6th St. Galena, Cherokee, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Charlie McMahanheadMW45M34MON ScotlandMOTractor DriverLead Smelter
Fassie McMahanwifeFW32M18MOMOAK
Ruby McMahandaughterFW11SMOMOMO
Lillian McMahandaughterFW10SMOMOMO