Cora Jane WhiteAge: 82 years1888–1971
- Name
- Cora Jane White
- Given names
- Cora Jane
- Surname
- White
- Married name
- Cora Jane Shemwell
 Birth | March 5, 1888 40 39 |
 Birth of a brother | Walter Jackson White February 12, 1891 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Hark White 1895 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 | 1900 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Elizabeth Johnson April 20, 1902 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Noble John Shemwell — View this family November 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Alpha Lee “Alfie” Shemwell September 28, 1911 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Alma Marie Shemwell July 6, 1913 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Thomas Thurman Shemwell March 13, 1916 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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 #4 | Sarah Elizabeth Shemwell January 6, 1919 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Alma Marie Shemwell November 11, 1923 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Violet Mae Shemwell June 23, 1927 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 41 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 10, 1930 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Witt Phillips — Alpha Lee “Alfie” Shemwell — View this family April 24, 1931 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a father | John Washington White February 8, 1932 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Norris Gene Phillips June 21, 1932 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Benjamin Thomas Phillips January 17, 1934 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Thurman Shemwell — Leona V Ferguson — View this family about 1939 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Kermit Lasley Binkley — Violet Mae Shemwell — View this family February 14, 1948 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Janice M Greer December 30, 1948 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 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 husband | Noble John Shemwell January 19, 1965 (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Thurman Shemwell — Pauline Cloutier — View this family May 11, 1966 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 | January 19, 1971 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Washington White Birth: February 29, 1848 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1932 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Birth: October 27, 1848 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1902 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| brother |
Joseph White Death: |
| brother |
Claude White Death: |
| herself |
Cora Jane White Birth: March 5, 1888 40 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 19, 1971 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Walter Jackson White Birth: February 12, 1891 42 42 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: January 15, 1974 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Hark White Birth: 1895 46 46 Death: |
| Family with Noble John Shemwell |
| husband |
Noble John Shemwell Birth: August 3, 1889 19 17 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 19, 1965 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Cora Jane White Birth: March 5, 1888 40 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 19, 1971 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 1910 — |
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11 months daughter |
Alpha Lee “Alfie” Shemwell Birth: September 28, 1911 22 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 22, 1991 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Alma Marie Shemwell Birth: July 6, 1913 23 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 11, 1923 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Thomas Thurman Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1916 26 28 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: February 10, 1997 — Holly, Oakland, Michigan, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Sarah Elizabeth Shemwell Birth: January 6, 1919 29 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 17, 2002 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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9 years daughter |
Violet Mae Shemwell Birth: June 23, 1927 37 39 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 14, 2009 — Concord, Jackson, Michigan, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Noble John Shemwell - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
says Hark is son in law - not... -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Noble John Shemwell - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Noble John Shemwell - Household
Brownings Mill Road Logan, Kentucky
White, Rabie is probably Cora's family -b |