Clinton DeWitt Godfrey1859–
- Name
- Clinton DeWitt Godfrey
- Given names
- Clinton DeWitt
- Surname
- Godfrey
 Birth | December 1859 |
 Marriage | … … — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a son#1 | John Godfrey estimated 1884 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Godfrey estimated 1884 (Age 24 years) |
| Marriage | Mary Craig — View this family February 13, 1889 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage | Victoria Forrest — View this family July 22, 1893 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mary Godfrey estimated 1895 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a son #4 | Burnie Godfrey estimated 1906 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Burnie Godfrey estimated 1906 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a wife | Victoria Forrest 1906 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage | Ida Lee Williams — View this family estimated December 1909 (Age 50 years) |
 Census | May 10, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey October 28, 1911 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 57 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 58 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Marriage of a child | Virgil Martin DeBaun — Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey — View this family Type: Civil marriage February 14, 1931 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 90 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a wife | Ida Lee Williams June 19, 1963 (Age 103 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 86 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with Mary Craig |
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Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Birth: December 1859 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| wife |
Mary Craig Death: |
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Marriage: February 13, 1889 — Pemiscot, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Victoria Forrest |
| himself |
Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Birth: December 1859 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| wife |
Victoria Forrest Birth: 1877 — Benton, Tennessee, United States Death: 1906 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: July 22, 1893 — Lake, Tennessee, United States |
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-9 years son |
John Godfrey Birth: estimated 1884 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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12 years daughter |
Mary Godfrey Birth: estimated 1895 35 18 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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12 years son |
Burnie Godfrey Birth: estimated 1906 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Family with Ida Lee Williams |
| himself |
Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Birth: December 1859 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| wife |
Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated December 1909 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Birth: October 28, 1911 51 30 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: June 27, 2001 — Thomas, Custer, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with … … |
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Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Birth: December 1859 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Burnie Godfrey Birth: estimated 1906 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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-21 years son |
John Godfrey Birth: estimated 1884 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Thomas Shemwell + Ida Lee Williams |
| wife’s husband |
Thomas Shemwell Birth: 1869 54 34 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| wife |
Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 27, 1901 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell Birth: July 22, 1904 35 23 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: June 10, 1996 — Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States |
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2 years step-daughter |
Emma C Shemwell Birth: July 24, 1906 37 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: about February 26, 1974 — Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States |
| William Trigg + Ida Lee Williams |
| wife’s husband |
William Trigg Birth: estimated 1863 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| wife |
Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: May 18, 1916 — Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
| Private + Ida Lee Williams |
| wife’s husband |
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Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Godfrey Clinton - Household
New Madrid, New Madrid, Missouri
Census Says his 4 marriage Ida's 3rd. |