The Shemwell Family

Corbett SullivanAge: 14 years19111925

Name
Corbett Sullivan
Given names
Corbett
Surname
Sullivan
Birth May 17, 1911 23 18
Birth of a sisterZula M Sullivan
July 26, 1914 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterGeneva Sullivan
October 25, 1917 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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 21, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterVadie Irene Sullivan
August 28, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death July 28, 1925 (Age 14 years)
Cause of death: Acute gastritis & Lobar pneumonia
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Note: Father Ed and son Cobett died about 2 weeks apart.
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1909
2 years
himself
Corbett Sullivan
Birth: May 17, 1911 23 18Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1925Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Geneva Sullivan
Birth: October 25, 1917 29 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 28, 1999Longwood, Seminole, Florida, United States
3 years
younger sister
Vadie Irene Sullivan
Birth: August 28, 1920 32 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 3, 2007Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
Mother’s family with James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1929
2 years
half-brother
James Willard Sherrod
Birth: March 6, 1931 51 38Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 31, 2002Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Edward “Ed” Sullivan - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Sullivan, EdwardheadMW33MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Sullivan, MaudwifeFW37MKYKYKY
Sullivan, CorbetsonMW8SKYKYKY
Sullivan, ZintadaughterFW5SKYKYKY

Burial
Father Ed and son Cobett died about 2 weeks apart.