The Shemwell Family

Alena Faye CosgroveAge: 73 years18971970

Name
Alena Faye Cosgrove
Given names
Alena Faye
Surname
Cosgrove
Married name
Alena Faye Epps
Birth April 27, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 months)
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
MarriageHarry James EppsView this family
June 13, 1915 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Marion Allen Epps
April 5, 1916 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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/
Birth of a daughter
#2
Freddie Jimmie Epps
June 27, 1919 (Age 22 years)
Census January 21, 1920 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mildred June Epps
May 1, 1921 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 44 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 52 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 48 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 28, 1970 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park
Family with Harry James Epps - View this family
husband
Harry James Epps
Birth: March 21, 1895 39 32Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 9, 1979Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States
herself
Alena Faye Cosgrove
Birth: April 27, 1897Alvarado, Johnson, Texas, United States
Death: December 28, 1970Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States
Marriage: June 13, 1915Brown, Texas, United States
10 months
son
Marion Allen Epps
Birth: April 5, 1916 21 18Texas, United States
Death: February 25, 1985Nueces, Texas, United States
3 years
daughter
Freddie Jimmie Epps
Birth: June 27, 1919 24 22Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 11, 1987Nueces, Texas, United States
22 months
daughter
Mildred June Epps
Birth: May 1, 1921 26 24Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 23, 1997Bryan, Brazos, Texas, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lee Roy Epps - Household

Precinct 9, ED 222 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Epps, Lee RoyheadOMMW33MYesYesKSMOMOYesCarpenterHouseW
Epps, LillianwifeFW34MYesYesTXTXTXYesNone
Epps, WilliamsonMW13SYesYesYesTXKSTXYesNone
Epps, Jasanay DsonMW11SYesYesYesTXKSTXYesNone
Epps, Gracie LdaughterFW10SYesYesYesTXKSTXYesNone
Epps, Herbert SsonMW8SYesNMKSTXNone
Epps, Charles EsonMW6SYesTXKSTXNone
Epps, Marion LfatherMW64MYesYesMOMOMOYesNone
Epps, Mary AmotherFW57MYesYesMOMOMOYesNone
Epps, Harry JbrotherMW25MYesYesOKMOMOYesBookeeperWholesale Dry GoodsW
Epps, Alena Fsister-in-lawFW22MYesYesTXARARYesNone
Epps, Marion AnephewMW3 years 8 monthsSTXOKTXNone
Epps, Freddie JnieceFW0 years 6 monthsSOKOKTXNone
Epps, Edward LbrotherMW16SYesYesYesTXMOMOYesStenographerWholesale GroceryW