The Shemwell Family

Maud M CourseyAge: 73 years18821955

Name
Maud M Coursey
Given names
Maud M
Surname
Coursey
Married name
Maud M Paxton
Birth April 20, 1882
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageHerschel Roscoe “Dick” PaxtonView this family
October 9, 1899 (Age 17 years)
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 18 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Scott Paxton
June 16, 1912 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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/
Adoption of a sonWilliam Scott Paxton
before 1920 (Age 37 years)

Adoption: Adopted by both parents
Note: We have a birth record listing Maud as his mother, but she was in Dyersburg Tn. in 1910 and I can’t …
Census January 4, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 2, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Death of a husbandHerschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton
July 28, 1941 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 59 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 67 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 63 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 June 23, 1955 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
elder sister
8 years
herself
Maud M Coursey
Birth: April 20, 1882Kentucky, United States
Death: June 23, 1955Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Family with Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton - View this family
husband
Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton
Birth: April 2, 1879 18 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1941Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
Maud M Coursey
Birth: April 20, 1882Kentucky, United States
Death: June 23, 1955Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: October 9, 1899Jefferson, Indiana, United States
13 years
son
William Scott Paxton
Adoption: before 1920 40 37
Birth: June 16, 1912 33 30Washington, Kentucky, United States
Death:

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Herschel Roscoe Paxton - Household

Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Paxton, Herschel RheadWMApr187921M0KYKYKYCarpenter
Paxton, Mandy MwifeWFApr188218M0KYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Herschel Roscoe Paxton - Household

127 Railroad Street Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Paxton, Herschell RheadMW31M110KYKYKYSuperintedentGrain Elevator
Paxton, Maud MwifeFW28M11010KYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton - Household

Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Paxton, H RheadMW40MKYKYKYCarpenterGin?
Paxton, MaudwifeFW38MKYKYKY
Paxton, WilliamsonMW7SKYKYKY
Tate, Nolliesister in lawFW46WdKYKYKYSeamstress
Tate, CliffordnephewFW17SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton - Household

North Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Paxton, Herschel RheadMW50M20KYKYKYForemanCoal Mine
Paxton, MaudwifeFW47M18KYKYKY
Paxton, Billyadpt sonMW17SKYUSUS