The Shemwell Family

Cora Vetress AgeeAge: 54 years19001954

Name
Cora Vetress Agee
Given names
Cora Vetress
Surname
Agee
Married name
Cora Vetress Driskill
Birth January 19, 1900
MarriageJohn Euel DriskillView this family
July 4, 1916 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#1
Melvin Driskill
October 19, 1917 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 14, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Sylvia Lorraine Driskill
August 31, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 30 years)
Census April 26, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 April 9, 1954 (Age 54 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Family with John Euel Driskill - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 4, 1916Todd, Kentucky, United States
16 months
son
Melvin Driskill
Birth: October 19, 1917 28 17Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 7, 1986Radcliff, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Sylvia Lorraine Driskill
Birth: August 31, 1920 31 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 23, 1996Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Euel Driskill - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Driskill, John EheadMW28MKYKYKYFarmer
Driskill, CorawifeFW19MKYKYKY
Driskill, MelvinsonMW2SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Euel Driskill - Household

Coal Bank Road Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Driskill, John EheadMW38M24KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Driskill, CorawifeFW30M17KYKYKY
Driskill, MelvinsonMW12SKYKYKY
Driskill, SylviadaughterFW8SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Euel Driskill - Household

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Driskill, JohnXheadMW50MKYsame houseFarmerFarm
Driskill, CorawifeFW40MKYsame house