Samuel Harold Shotwell

Samuel Harold4 Shotwell  (Philander Nelson3, George W.2, Joseph1) was born April 21, 1918, and died May 1982.  He married (1) Anne Marie Krajnikovich, daughter of John Krajnikovich, Sr. and Katie Buchlak of Lyndora, Pennsylvania.  Anne Marie died June 7, 1955. During World War II Samuel Harold Shotwell attempted to enlist in the United States Army, his enlistment was declined because of a broken eardrum.  Sam than took the chance to enlist  with the marines and this time his enlistment  was excepted.  He served on Parris Island, South Carolina; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Camp Pendleton, California: Pearl Harbor: Guadalcanal, Eniwetok, Okinawa Shima, Ryukus Islands, Guam, Saepan-Tinian, Tsing-Tao-Shanting Province, China; Treasure Island, San Francisco-Oakland, California; Bainbridge, Maryland. 

Anne Marie Krajnikovich Shotwell developed tuberculoses while pregnant with he third son. Shortly after giving birth to her third son she found it necessary to be admitted to White Haven Hospital for treatment of her illness. Her hope for a cure was dashed after years of experimental treatment she underwent to help pay the medical treatment. She was than sent home to complete her life with her loving husband and children

She kept an elaborate scrap book filled with pictures of her family and many pictures of her children. This helped keep her close to her family while hospitalized.

John & Kate Bucklak Krajnikovich

Children of Samuel Shotwell and Anne Krajnikovich are: i. Steven John5 Shotwell, Sr. born September 29, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York; died January 28, 1982 in Baptist Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida. ii. Carl Richard Shotwell, Sr. iii. Robert Nelson Shotwell, He married (2) Frances Hoster Murray 1957, daughter of William Hoster and Dolores McAllen of Texas. Frances Hoster Murray Shotwell & Mother Dolores McAllen Hoster