The Shemwell Family

Charles Nicholas “Nick” McMahanAge: 75 years19131989

Name
Charles Nicholas “Nick” McMahan
Given names
Charles Nicholas
Nickname
Nick
Surname
McMahan
Birth June 22, 1913 28 21
Death of a motherJulia Hagan
April 16, 1915 (Age 21 months)
Cause: Puerperal eclampsia
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 half-sisterRuby McMahan
calculated 1919 (Age 5 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLillian McMahan
February 24, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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
Death of a half-sisterRuby McMahan
1931 (Age 17 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherAnna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell
October 22, 1934 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
McMahan
October 7, 1937 (Age 24 years)
Death of a sonMcMahan
October 7, 1937 (Age 24 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Margaret Ann McMahan
June 25, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Gary Leon McMahan
August 29, 1943 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 fatherCharles Nicholas “Charlie” McMahan
April 12, 1948 (Age 34 years)
Cause: Heart
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 32 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 1, 1989 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Zion Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: March 8, 1911Ozark, Missouri, United States
2 years
himself
Father’s family with Fassie M Christopher - View this family
father
step-mother
half-sister
Ruby McMahan
Birth: calculated 1919 33 20Missouri, United States
Death: 1931
14 months
half-sister
Lillian McMahan
Birth: February 24, 1920 34 21Missouri, United States
Death: October 13, 1997Pomona, Howell, Missouri, United States
half-brother
Private
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himself
wife
Maudena Turner
Birth: July 18, 1920 24 22Pomona, Howell, Missouri, United States
Death: December 24, 2008Howell, Missouri, United States
son
McMahan
Birth: October 7, 1937 24 17Howell, Missouri, United States
Death: October 7, 1937Howell, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Margaret Ann McMahan
Birth: June 25, 1940 27 19Missouri, United States
Death: September 2, 2002Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Gary Leon McMahan
Birth: August 29, 1943 30 23Howell, Missouri, United States
Death: January 1, 2011Tyler, Texas, United States
daughter
Private

Charles Nicholas “Nick” McMahan has 10 first cousins recorded

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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

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Nicholas “Nick” McMahan - Household

Pomona, Dry Creek Township, Howell, MO

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Nick McMahanheadMW27MMOLaborerDairy Farm
Maudena McMahanwifeFW19MMO
Alvin FinneyLodgerMW46MMO