The Shemwell Family

Mary Nichols KingAge: 90 years18851975

Name
Mary Nichols King
Given names
Mary Nichols
Surname
King
Married name
Mary Nichols Coble
Birth August 29, 1885
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriagePaul Barnett CobleView this family
November 8, 1917 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 31 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 32 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 husbandPaul Barnett Coble
May 11, 1919 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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 56 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 64 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 60 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 December 30, 1975 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Spring Grove Cemetery
Family with Paul Barnett Coble - View this family
husband
Paul Barnett Coble
Birth: May 15, 1883 28 27Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 11, 1919Gondrecourt-le-Château, Meuse, Lorraine, France
herself
Mary Nichols King
Birth: August 29, 1885Ohio, United States
Death: December 30, 1975Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: November 8, 1917Marion, Indiana, United States

Name
Paul Barnett Coble Obituary and Family Listing Paul Barnett Coble (May 15, 1883 - May 11, 1919) Son of Albert H. and Emma Barnett Coble; born May 15, 1883, Frankfort, Ind. Physician. Assistant Professor of Rhinology, Otology, Laryngology, Indiana University School of Medicine. Thirty-second degree Mason; member of Phi Beta Pi fraternity. Enlisted in Medical Corps May 11, 1917, Indianapolis. Commissioned 1st Lieutenant June 5, 1917. Promoted to Major at time of death. Died "from accidental or other causes", May 11, 1919, St. Nazaire, France. Buried, Frankfort, Ind. https://sites.google.com/view/clintoncountyingenweb/military/wwi-gold-star-honor-roll-clinton-county