Brief Life History of Rex Martin
When Rex Martin Shankle was born on 24 November 1915, in Tipton, Tennessee, United States, his father, Carey Martin Shankle, was 22 and his mother, Annie Mae Stivers, was 22. He married Ruby Mae English on 15 April 1939, in Mississippi, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Lunsford Township, Poinsett, Arkansas, United States in 1940 and Tywappity Township, Mississippi, Missouri, United States in 1950. He died on 16 January 2003, in Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, United States.
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- Rex Shankle, "United States 1950 Census"
- Rex Martin Shankle, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Rex Martin Shankle, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Altered form of German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schenkel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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