Individual Details
Rufus Irwin Shappell
(3 Jul 1879 - 11 Feb 1936)
On the 1910 U. S. Census of Sutherland, Lincoln Co., Nebraska Rufus Shappell appears with his wife and children. This is Rufus' second marriage and his wife Marley's first. They have been married 2 years and Marley is the mother of zero children. The children listed are from Rufus' second marriage. Rufus is a farmer.
1918 Draft registration shows Rufus does threshing and lives at Sutherland, Lincoln co., Nebraska. His nearest relative is Marley Shappell.
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Sutherland, Lincoln Co., Nebraska, Rufus appears with his wife Marley and children Earl and Merl ages 13, Valma, age 4 and Gene, female, age 4 months. Rufus is an auctioneer.
At U. S. Gen Web site for Gosper Co., Nebraska the list of Elwood Lodge #167 AF & AM members before 1920 shows: Shappell, Ruffic I., born Des Moines, IA, July 3, 1879. Occupation: real estate and Insurance.
Phone call to Linda Tacey, Lincoln Co. Researcher on Jan. 17, 2008: She states various newspaper accounts from 1915 to 1935 which show occupation of Rufus as on the board of directors on an insurance company, auctioneer of livestock & farms, Deputy Sherriff of Lincoln Co. (Sutherland Area), Manager of mill and grain elevator, Lincoln County Lumber company and he purchased a pool hall in 1935.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, July 5, 2018.
1918 Draft registration shows Rufus does threshing and lives at Sutherland, Lincoln co., Nebraska. His nearest relative is Marley Shappell.
On the 1920 U. S. Census of Sutherland, Lincoln Co., Nebraska, Rufus appears with his wife Marley and children Earl and Merl ages 13, Valma, age 4 and Gene, female, age 4 months. Rufus is an auctioneer.
At U. S. Gen Web site for Gosper Co., Nebraska the list of Elwood Lodge #167 AF & AM members before 1920 shows: Shappell, Ruffic I., born Des Moines, IA, July 3, 1879. Occupation: real estate and Insurance.
Phone call to Linda Tacey, Lincoln Co. Researcher on Jan. 17, 2008: She states various newspaper accounts from 1915 to 1935 which show occupation of Rufus as on the board of directors on an insurance company, auctioneer of livestock & farms, Deputy Sherriff of Lincoln Co. (Sutherland Area), Manager of mill and grain elevator, Lincoln County Lumber company and he purchased a pool hall in 1935.
Obituary not found at genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, July 5, 2018.
Events
| Birth | 3 Jul 1879 | Des Moines Co., Iowa |  | ||
| Marriage | 26 Sep 1901 | Susan Pearl Howell | | ||
| Marriage | 31 Dec 1908 | Elwood, Gosper Co., Nebraska - Marley F. Winslow | | ||
| Marriage | 23 Aug 1931 | Amelia E. Burklund | | ||
| Death | 11 Feb 1936 | Sutherland, Lincoln Co., Nebraska | | ||
| Burial | Riverview Cemetery, Sutherland, Lincoln Co., Nebraska | |
Families
| Spouse | Marley F. Winslow (1890 - 1929) |
| Child | Velma May Shappell (1915 - 1999) |
| Child | Jean Shappell (1920 - ) |
| Spouse | Susan Pearl Howell (1879 - 1906) |
| Child | Mildred Hazel Shappell (1903 - ) |
| Child | Earl Edward Shappell (1906 - 2003) |
| Child | Muriel Monroe Shappell (1906 - ) |
| Spouse | Amelia E. Burklund (1892 - 1968) |
Endnotes
1. U. S. Gen Web Site.
2. Jonathan S. Howell, A Memorial History & Genealogical Record of the John Howell & Jacob Stutzman Families (n.p: No date noted, n.d).
3. 1910 Census Lincoln Co., Nebraska.
4. Marriage Record from Gosper Co., Nebraska.
5. Ancestry.com World Tree Search.
6. Ancestry.com World Tree Search.
7. U. S. Gen Web Site.
8. Linda Tacey, Lincoln Co. Nebraska Researcher.