Alma M CockrellAge: 74 years1874–1949
- Name
- Alma M Cockrell
- Given names
- Alma M
- Surname
- Cockrell
- Married name
- Alma M Stites
- Married name
- Alma M Shemwell
 Birth | December 1, 1874 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Edward Lee Shemwell — View this family September 11, 1893 (Age 18 years) Note: Recorder's Office |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Elizabeth Shemwell November 1894 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a husband | Edward Lee Shemwell December 7, 1896 (Age 22 years) Cause: Consumption |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 |
| Marriage | Prof. Horace Luster Stites — View this family September 11, 1899 (Age 24 years) |
 Census | June 16, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Hugh Dinsmore Stites September 16, 1900 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Helen Stites 1905 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Richard M Stites August 6, 1907 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | April 14, 1910 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Louis Marcus Pace — Mary Elizabeth Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage January 18, 1914 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Elizabeth Shemwell July 9, 1917 (Age 42 years) |
| Burial of a daughter | Mary Elizabeth Shemwell 1917 (Age 42 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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/ |
| Census | January 23, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
 Divorce | Prof. Horace Luster Stites — View this family after February 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 54 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 |
| Census | April 8, 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a husband | Prof. Horace Luster Stites June 9, 1933 (Age 58 years) |
| Census | April 24, 1940 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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 | March 8, 1949 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest View Cemetery |
| Family with Edward Lee Shemwell |
| husband |
Edward Lee Shemwell Birth: February 15, 1873 26 23 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 7, 1896 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Alma M Cockrell Birth: December 1, 1874 — Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 1949 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States |
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Marriage: September 11, 1893 — |
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15 months daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: November 1894 21 19 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 9, 1917 — Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Prof. Horace Luster Stites |
| ex-husband |
Prof. Horace Luster Stites Birth: August 10, 1862 — Missouri, United States Death: June 9, 1933 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Alma M Cockrell Birth: December 1, 1874 — Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 1949 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States |
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Marriage: September 11, 1899 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Divorce: after February 1920 — |
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1 year son |
Hugh Dinsmore Stites Birth: September 16, 1900 38 25 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 5, 1960 — Oregon, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Helen Stites Birth: 1905 42 30 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Richard M Stites Birth: August 6, 1907 44 32 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 28, 1984 — Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States |
| Prof. Horace Luster Stites + Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry |
| ex-husband |
Prof. Horace Luster Stites Birth: August 10, 1862 — Missouri, United States Death: June 9, 1933 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Llewellyn D “Lula” Berry Birth: January 13, 1871 Death: May 5, 1896 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 15, 1892 — Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, United States |
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17 months step-daughter |
Audrey Maurine Stites Birth: November 1, 1893 31 22 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 21, 1969 — Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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16 months step-son |
Ewing Cole Stites Birth: February 1895 32 24 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 10, 1895 |
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| Marriage | Recorder's Office | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace L Stites - Household
Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household
Band Street Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Prof. Horace Luster Stites - Household
610 W Boyd Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma
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| Divorce | Horace Stites death certififcate lists his martial status as divorced
1930 US Federal Census listed Alma as divorced. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Dinsmore Stites - Household
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Alma M Cockrell - Household
Aledo, Mercer, Illinois, United States
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