Bessie Irene CowelAge: 74 years1893–1968
- Name
- Bessie Irene Cowel
- Given names
- Bessie Irene
- Surname
- Cowel
- Married name
- Bessie Irene Miller
 Birth | September 6, 1893 38 24 |
 Birth of a brother | Curtis Norman Cowel January 28, 1896 (Age 2 years) |
 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Harry Anderson Cowel September 28, 1902 (Age 9 years) |
| Census | May 17, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Curtis Parke October 4, 1912 (Age 19 years) |
 Marriage | Benjamin Franklin Miller — View this family December 21, 1914 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Meta Agnes Miller October 4, 1915 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 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 #2 | Glenn Wilbur Miller January 23, 1917 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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/ |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Jennie Geneva Miller February 5, 1920 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | William Anderson Cowel January 28, 1928 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 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 48 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 mother | Margaret Jane Parke March 18, 1948 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 sister | Margaret Jane Cowel August 1, 1959 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Harry Anderson Cowel February 6, 1960 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a husband | Benjamin Franklin Miller June 26, 1960 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | Curtis Norman Cowel January 4, 1968 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 27, 1968 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Independence Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Anderson Cowel Birth: October 12, 1854 — Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, United States Death: January 28, 1928 — Mound City, Linn, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Jane Parke Birth: December 7, 1868 35 30 — Potosi, Linn, Kansas, United States Death: March 18, 1948 |
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Marriage: estimated 1890 — |
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22 months elder sister |
Margaret Jane Cowel Birth: November 11, 1891 37 22 — New Market, Taylor, Iowa, United States Death: August 1, 1959 — Mound City, Linn, Kansas, United States |
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22 months herself |
Bessie Irene Cowel Birth: September 6, 1893 38 24 — Indian Territory, Oklahoma, United States Death: March 27, 1968 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Curtis Norman Cowel Birth: January 28, 1896 41 27 — Linn, Kansas, United States Death: January 4, 1968 — Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Harry Anderson Cowel Birth: September 28, 1902 47 33 — Pleasenton, Linn, Kansas, United States Death: February 6, 1960 — Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States |
| Family with Benjamin Franklin Miller |
| husband |
Benjamin Franklin Miller Birth: April 1, 1882 — Bingham, Hancock, Iowa, United States Death: June 26, 1960 — Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
| herself |
Bessie Irene Cowel Birth: September 6, 1893 38 24 — Indian Territory, Oklahoma, United States Death: March 27, 1968 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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Marriage: December 21, 1914 — Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States |
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9 months daughter |
Meta Agnes Miller Birth: October 4, 1915 33 22 — Missouri, United States Death: July 19, 2011 — Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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16 months son |
Glenn Wilbur Miller Birth: January 23, 1917 34 23 — Worland, Bates, Missouri, United States Death: February 15, 2003 |
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3 years daughter |
Jennie Geneva Miller Birth: February 5, 1920 37 26 — Maricopa, Arizona, United States Death: November 27, 2007 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
Bessie Irene Cowel has 1 first cousin recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (1)
Parents Walter Irving Cowel + Delilah Rose “Lila” Parke
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Anderson Cowel - Household
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Anderson Cowel - Household
Potosi, Linn, Kansas
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