The Shemwell Family

Cordelia Jane DugganAge: 53 years18901943

Name
Cordelia Jane Duggan
Given names
Cordelia Jane
Surname
Duggan
Married name
Cordelia Jane Megee
Birth January 14, 1890
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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
MarriageThomas Jefferson MegeeView this family
August 20, 1911 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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/
Death of a husbandThomas Jefferson Megee
December 24, 1925 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 51 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 17, 1943 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Family with Thomas Jefferson Megee - View this family
husband
Thomas Jefferson Megee
Birth: September 1, 1858 36 28Gassville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 24, 1925Bergman, Boone, Arkansas, United States
herself
Cordelia Jane Duggan
Birth: January 14, 1890Ava, Douglas, Missouri, United States
Death: December 17, 1943Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States
Marriage: August 20, 1911Ozark, Missouri, United States
Thomas Jefferson Megee + Mary Francis Magness - View this family
husband
Thomas Jefferson Megee
Birth: September 1, 1858 36 28Gassville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 24, 1925Bergman, Boone, Arkansas, United States
husband’s wife
Mary Francis Magness
Birth: December 5, 1856 24 21Romance, Ozark, Missouri, United States
Death: June 3, 1907Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: May 1, 1877Ozark, Missouri, United States

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