Charles William Scammel Jr

Brief Life History of Charles William

When Charles William Scammel Jr was born on 26 January 1877, in Cwmtillery, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Scammell, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Rebekah Hanney, was 20. He married Charlotte Naoma Meisenhelder on 27 November 1899, in Belmont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Pease Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States in 1950. He died on 4 April 1955, in Martins Ferry, Belmont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Linwood Cemetery, Colerain Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles William Scammel Jr
1877–1955
Charlotte Naoma Meisenhelder
1881–1953
Marriage: 27 November 1899
Elizabeth A Scammel
1901–1987
James Edward Scammell
1902–1903
Lillian Mae Scammell
1902–1976
Harry L Scammell Sr
1904–1989
Flora Scammell
1910–1987
Samuel Charles Scammell
1917–1964

Sources (26)

  • Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Charles Scammell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Charles William Scammell, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (Wiltshire and Hampshire): nickname perhaps for someone who worked at or kept a market stall, from Middle English shamel ‘stall, bench (on which meat or fish is laid out for sale)’ (Old English scamol).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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