Cordelia Ellen SmithAge: 89 years1867–1956
- Name
- Cordelia Ellen Smith
- Given names
- Cordelia Ellen
- Surname
- Smith
- Married name
- Cordelia Ellen Trivett
 Birth | April 21, 1867 33 26 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 20 months)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Birth of a brother | Mastin E Smith April 16, 1870 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Elihu Watson about 1870 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a brother | Mastin E Smith September 17, 1871 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Sion Sherrill Smith July 19, 1872 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a father | John Nelson Smith April 15, 1873 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Celia Sherrill June 30, 1876 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Albert Lee Smith March 29, 1877 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 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 sister | Louisa Elizabeth Smith before 1880 (Age 12 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | David Isaac Greene — Sarah Jane Watson — View this family about 1880 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Jane Watson March 1, 1897 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 half-brother | Albert Lee Smith October 25, 1898 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a brother | William E Smith November 12, 1913 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 62 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 74 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 of a brother | Sion Sherrill Smith January 4, 1949 (Age 81 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 82 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 78 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 | August 30, 1956 (Age 89 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Nelson Smith Birth: July 16, 1833 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: April 15, 1873 — North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Jane Watson Birth: July 19, 1840 36 37 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: March 1, 1897 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1856 — |
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16 months elder brother |
William E Smith Birth: May 9, 1857 23 16 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 12, 1913 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Louisa Elizabeth Smith Birth: about 1859 25 18 — North Carolina, United States Death: before 1880 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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8 years herself |
Cordelia Ellen Smith Birth: April 21, 1867 33 26 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: August 30, 1956 — West Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Mastin E Smith Birth: April 16, 1870 36 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 17, 1871 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Sion Sherrill Smith Birth: July 19, 1872 39 32 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1949 — Banner Elk, Avery, North Carolina, United States |
| Mother’s family with David Isaac Greene |
| step-father |
David Isaac Greene Birth: April 3, 1840 38 38 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 16, 1912 |
| mother |
Sarah Jane Watson Birth: July 19, 1840 36 37 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: March 1, 1897 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1880 — |
| Mother’s family with an unknown individual |
| mother |
Sarah Jane Watson Birth: July 19, 1840 36 37 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: March 1, 1897 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| half-brother |
Albert Lee Smith Birth: March 29, 1877 36 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 25, 1898 — Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States |