Merrill Jessie SHAMBLEN ¹

  General Notes:

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: Merrill Jessie Shamblen; 21; resided Hasting, Mills Co, IA; b. Nov 20(?), 1895 in Strahan, Mills Co, IA; self-employed farmer in Hasting, IA, single, no dependents.

WORLD WAR 1 VETERANS, MILLS CO, OH: Merrill J. Shamblin - Army

FREMONT CO, IA - MILITARY RECORD OF DISCHARGE: Merrill J. Shamblen, Army

1920 NE CENSUS, Box Butte, Nonpareil Twp: Merrill J. Shamblin, 24, b. IA, parents b. IL, farmer, gen. farm; wife Avnintis(?) A., 16, b. NE, father b. IL, mother b. IN.

1930 IA CENSUS, Freemont Co, Green Twp: Merrill J. Shamblen, 34, 1st marriage age 24, b.. IA, father b. OH, mother b. MO, farmer, gen. farm; wife Dorothy, 26, 1st marriage age 16, b. MO, parents b. US; son Charles M., 9, b. NE, father b. IA, mother b. MO: dau Wilma J., 6, b. NE, father b. IA, mother b. MO; dau Norma R., 4/12, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. MO; step-dau Betty L. Keenan, 2, b. NE, father b. OH, mother b. MO; father Thomas J. Shamblen, 76, wd., b. OH, father b. NY, mother b. N

MILLS CO, IA WPA: Merril J. Shamblen 1895 - 1966 WWI; Dorothy L. 1900 - ___. Malvern Cem, Section 12, row 19.

FIND A GRAVE - Malvern Cem, Silver Creek Twp, Mills Co, IA:
SHAMBLEN
Merrill J.
1895-1966
Dorothy L.
1900-1977

Merrill married Alice Arninta HAWKINS about 1920.¹ (Alice Arninta HAWKINS was born about 1904 in NE ³ and died in 1994 in Denver, Denver Co, CO ⁴.)

Merrill next married Dorothy Loretta RIDER about 1928. (Dorothy Loretta RIDER was born on 22 Mar 1900 in MO,⁵ died on 23 Aug 1977 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, IA ⁵ and was buried in Malvern Cem, Silver Creek Twp, Mills Co, IA ².)