The Shemwell Family

Edward CordellAge: 66 years18931959

Name
Edward Cordell
Given names
Edward
Surname
Cordell
Birth June 1893 48 34
MarriageMasel SullivanView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Death of a fatherRone Cordell
before 1900 (Age 6 years)
Census June 6, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherStacy L Parham
March 21, 1917 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 48 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 56 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
Death of a sisterErsie I Cordell
December 4, 1956 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 25, 1959 (Age 66 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Stacy L Parham
Birth: May 1859 31 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 21, 1917Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: estimated 1881
14 months
elder brother
James Thomas Cordell
Birth: February 22, 1882 37 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 1973Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Ersie I Cordell
Birth: March 4, 1884 39 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1956Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
9 years
himself
Edward Cordell
Birth: June 1893 48 34Tennessee, United States
Death: December 25, 1959Browntown, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Masel Sullivan - View this family
himself
Edward Cordell
Birth: June 1893 48 34Tennessee, United States
Death: December 25, 1959Browntown, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Masel Sullivan
Birth: June 10, 1896Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1982Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

Edward Cordell has 7 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Stacy Parham - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cordell, Stacy LheadWFMay185941Wd33TNTNTNDay Laborer
Cordell, James TsonWMFeb188416STNTNTNDay Laborer
Cordell, Ersie IdaughterWFApr188616STNTNTNAt School
Cordell, EdwardsonWMJun18937STNTNTN