The Shemwell Family

Clemmie Cordelia CookAge: 91 years18941985

Name
Clemmie Cordelia Cook
Given names
Clemmie Cordelia
Surname
Cook
Married name
Clemmie Cordelia Greene
Birth February 20, 1894 34 33
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 maternal grandmotherCamilla C Greene
February 23, 1917 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 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 23 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/
Death of a motherMary Tamer Miller
August 12, 1919 (Age 25 years)
MarriageIvery Clenard GreeneView this family
August 17, 1923 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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
Death of a fatherJohn Daniel Cook
January 20, 1947 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 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 husbandIvery Clenard Greene
April 9, 1975 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 September 28, 1985 (Age 91 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
John Daniel Cook
Birth: December 18, 1859North Carolina, United States
Death: January 20, 1947West Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States
mother
Mary Tamer Miller
Birth: September 16, 1860 30 25Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 12, 1919Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1878
16 years
herself
Clemmie Cordelia Cook
Birth: February 20, 1894 34 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 28, 1985Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Family with Ivery Clenard Greene - View this family
husband
herself
Clemmie Cordelia Cook
Birth: February 20, 1894 34 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 28, 1985Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: August 17, 1923Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Ivery Clenard Greene + Nancy Lane Golds - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
step-daughter
Hazel Acklus Golds
Birth: January 28, 1919 23 20Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 24, 1992Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Ivery Clenard Greene + Annie Lou Welch - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 23, 1915Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
14 months
step-daughter
Annie Ruth Welch
Birth: March 7, 1917 21 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 11, 1986Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

Clemmie Cordelia Cook has 8 first cousins recorded