Cordelia E ThornsberryAge: 74 years1870–1944
- Name
- Cordelia E Thornsberry
- Given names
- Cordelia E
- Surname
- Thornsberry
- Married name
- Cordelia E Underwood
- Married name
- Cordelia E Posey
 Birth | April 21, 1870 25 30 |
 Birth of a sister | Augusta Ellen Thornsberry July 8, 1875 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 7 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Brownhouse June 10, 1881 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James H Hester January 3, 1895 (Age 24 years) |
 Marriage | John A Posey — View this family April 28, 1895 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 |
| Death of a father | Presley M Thornsberry December 19, 1899 (Age 29 years) |
 Census | June 18, 1900 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Ann Hester March 26, 1914 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 27, 1920 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a husband | John A Posey October 19, 1926 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage | … Underwood — View this family after 1927 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 59 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 half-brother | James Thomas Sanders June 14, 1937 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Augusta Ellen Thornsberry August 1, 1939 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 | December 24, 1944 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Presley M Thornsberry Birth: April 1, 1845 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 19, 1899 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Ann Hester Birth: September 27, 1839 32 30 — Bedford, Tennessee, United States Death: March 26, 1914 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 14, 1867 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Erasmus Thornsberry Birth: about 1869 23 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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16 months herself |
Cordelia E Thornsberry Birth: April 21, 1870 25 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 24, 1944 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Augusta Ellen Thornsberry Birth: July 8, 1875 30 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: August 1, 1939 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Mother’s family with Benjamin T Sanders |
| step-father |
Benjamin T Sanders Birth: May 1, 1839 — Sumner, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1863 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Ann Hester Birth: September 27, 1839 32 30 — Bedford, Tennessee, United States Death: March 26, 1914 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 31, 1861 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months half-sister |
Luella Sanders Birth: November 21, 1861 22 22 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: May 28, 1868 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months half-brother |
James Thomas Sanders Birth: March 31, 1863 23 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 14, 1937 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with … Underwood |
| husband |
… Underwood Death: |
| herself |
Cordelia E Thornsberry Birth: April 21, 1870 25 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 24, 1944 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: after 1927 — |
| Family with John A Posey |
| husband |
John A Posey Birth: January 1848 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 19, 1926 |
| herself |
Cordelia E Thornsberry Birth: April 21, 1870 25 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 24, 1944 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 28, 1895 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| John A Posey + Letitia A Welborn |
| husband |
John A Posey Birth: January 1848 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 19, 1926 |
| husband’s wife |
Letitia A Welborn Birth: December 14, 1851 Death: June 5, 1894 |
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Marriage: — |
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| step-daughter |
Ermine Posey Birth: January 1891 43 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1976 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John A Posey - Household
Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John A Posey - Household
Rosewood, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John A Posey - Household
Rosewood, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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