The Shemwell Family

Nellie Leona PaddockAge: 99 years19022002

Name
Nellie Leona Paddock
Given names
Nellie Leona
Surname
Paddock
Married name
Nellie Leona Cowel
Birth September 3, 1902
MarriageHarry Anderson CowelView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 27 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 39 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 47 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 husbandHarry Anderson Cowel
February 6, 1960 (Age 57 years)
MarriageCurtis Norman CowelView this family
January 5, 1961 (Age 58 years)
Death of a husbandCurtis Norman Cowel
January 4, 1968 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 2002 (Age 99 years)
Family with Harry Anderson Cowel - View this family
husband
Harry Anderson Cowel
Birth: September 28, 1902 47 33Pleasenton, Linn, Kansas, United States
Death: February 6, 1960Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States
herself
Nellie Leona Paddock
Birth: September 3, 1902Wall Street, Linn, Kansas, United States
Death: 2002Redfield, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Marriage:
Family with Curtis Norman Cowel - View this family
husband
Curtis Norman Cowel
Birth: January 28, 1896 41 27Linn, Kansas, United States
Death: January 4, 1968Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States
herself
Nellie Leona Paddock
Birth: September 3, 1902Wall Street, Linn, Kansas, United States
Death: 2002Redfield, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Marriage: January 5, 1961Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States