The Shemwell Family

James Francis CoxAge: 46 years18721918

Name
James Francis Cox
Given names
James Francis
Surname
Cox
Birth March 9, 1872
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageNunna May GibbonsView this family
January 3, 1893 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 43 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 44 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 45 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 September 29, 1918 (Age 46 years)
Family with Nunna May Gibbons - View this family
himself
James Francis Cox
Birth: March 9, 1872Paris, Edgar, Illinois, United States
Death: September 29, 1918Paris, Edgar, Illinois, United States
wife
Marriage: January 3, 1893Vermilion, Edgar, Illinois, United States
Aye E Clark + Nunna May Gibbons - View this family
wife’s husband
Aye E Clark
Birth: October 16, 1879 28 23Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 24, 1945Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1925Kewanna, Union Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States

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