The Shemwell Family

Edward Everett CookAge: 68 years18851954

Name
Edward Everett Cook
Given names
Edward Everett
Surname
Cook
Birth October 11, 1885 23 20
Birth of a brotherAlbert Cook
October 16, 1889 (Age 4 years)
Death of a brotherAlbert Cook
October 22, 1889 (Age 4 years)
Burial of a brotherAlbert Cook
October 22, 1889 (Age 4 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Berea Church Cemetery
Birth of a sisterI Dovie Cook
January 31, 1892 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterI Dovie Cook
November 27, 1892 (Age 7 years)
Burial of a sisterI Dovie Cook
November 27, 1892 (Age 7 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Berea Church Cemetery
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
Birth of a brotherIsaiah McKinley Cook
September 16, 1900 (Age 14 years)
MarriageJulia Christine PiepmeierView this family
March 4, 1908 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Delmar Everett Cook
January 12, 1909 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherIsiah Cornine
January 13, 1915 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 paternal grandmotherMary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
March 31, 1920 (Age 34 years)
Cause: Old Age
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lorene Cook
December 30, 1921 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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
Death of a fatherEverett Fielding Cook
April 16, 1931 (Age 45 years)
Cause: chronic myocarditis
Death of a motherSarah Margaret Maude “Maggie” Cornine
January 23, 1943 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Sterling Denney Jr
May 3, 1946 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 60 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 February 11, 1954 (Age 68 years)
Burial February 13, 1954 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crown Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 2, 1882Pettis, Missouri, United States
13 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
Edward Everett Cook
Birth: October 11, 1885 23 20Postal, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: February 11, 1954Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
4 years
younger brother
Albert Cook
Birth: October 16, 1889 27 24Postal, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: October 22, 1889Postal, Pettis, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger sister
I Dovie Cook
Birth: January 31, 1892 29 26Postal, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: November 27, 1892Postal, Pettis, Missouri, United States
9 years
younger brother
Family with Julia Christine Piepmeier - View this family
himself
Edward Everett Cook
Birth: October 11, 1885 23 20Postal, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: February 11, 1954Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
wife
Julia Christine Piepmeier
Birth: January 12, 1890Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: July 16, 1966Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Marriage: March 4, 1908Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
10 months
son
Delmar Everett Cook
Birth: January 12, 1909 23 19Postal, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: November 9, 1975Clinton, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
13 years
daughter
Lorene Cook
Birth: December 30, 1921 36 31Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: May 24, 2008Clinton, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

Edward Everett Cook has 13 first cousins recorded