The Shemwell Family

Jacob Claud CogginAge: 44 years19051950

Name
Jacob Claud Coggin
Given names
Jacob Claud
Surname
Coggin
Birth August 23, 1905 23 19
Birth of a sisterGrace Lee Coggin
May 6, 1907 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a brotherJames Paul Coggin
August 20, 1909 (Age 3 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Pauline Coggin
November 11, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph B “Joe” Coggin
December 1914 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterLula Annie Coggin
April 5, 1916 (Age 10 years)
No Children
No Children

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherFoy Thomas Coggin
March 31, 1918 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 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 12 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/
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterCatherine Jeanette Coggin
September 14, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterOpal May Coggin
September 26, 1923 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a sisterGeraldine Coggin
June 20, 1927 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph B “Joe” Coggin
October 17, 1928 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas L Smith
March 6, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Curtis Coggin
August 21, 1930 (Age 24 years)
MarriageCora Lorena MedlinView this family
June 23, 1931 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 40 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 June 17, 1950 (Age 44 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn West Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 30, 1904Davidson, North Carolina, United States
14 months
himself
Jacob Claud Coggin
Birth: August 23, 1905 23 19Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 17, 1950Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
20 months
younger sister
Grace Lee Coggin
Birth: May 6, 1907 24 20North Carolina, United States
Death: August 17, 1972Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
James Paul Coggin
Birth: August 20, 1909 27 23Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 13, 1971Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
15 months
younger sister
Mary Pauline Coggin
Birth: November 11, 1910 28 24Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 17, 1999Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
Joseph B “Joe” Coggin
Birth: December 1914 32 28North Carolina, United States
Death: October 17, 1928Alleghany, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
16 months
younger sister
Lula Annie Coggin
Birth: April 5, 1916 33 29Montgomery, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 3, 1997Cumberland, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Foy Thomas Coggin
Birth: March 31, 1918 35 31Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 16, 1980Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States
3 years
younger sister
Catherine Jeanette Coggin
Birth: September 14, 1920 38 34Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 21, 2001Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Opal May Coggin
Birth: September 26, 1923 41 37Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 11, 2013Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Geraldine Coggin
Birth: June 20, 1927 45 40North Carolina, United States
Death: April 19, 1974Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Charles Curtis Coggin
Birth: August 21, 1930 48 44Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 13, 2001Pinehurst, Moore, North Carolina, United States
Family with Cora Lorena Medlin - View this family
himself
Jacob Claud Coggin
Birth: August 23, 1905 23 19Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 17, 1950Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
wife
Cora Lorena Medlin
Birth: October 9, 1908Gaston, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 18, 1985Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: June 23, 1931Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Garfield Coggin - Household

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Coggin, JacobheadMW27M15NCNCNCCarpenterRail Road
Coggin, LulawifeFW23M1533NCNCNC
Coggin, ClarencesonMW5SNCNCNC
Coggin, GracedaughterFW2SNCNCNC
Coggin, JamessonMW8mSNCNCNC

Jacob Claud is Clarence -b

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Garfield Coggin - Household

Alleghany, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Coggin, JacobheadMW37MNCNCNCFarmer?? Farm
Coggin, LulawifeFW33MNCNCNC
Coggin, ClaudsonMW14SNCNCNC
Coggin, GracedaughterFW12SNCNCNC
Coggin, JamessonMW10SNCNCNC
Coggin, PaulinedaughterFW9SNCNCNC
Coggin, Joseph CsonMW5SNCNCNC
Coggin, AnniedaughterFW3-0mSNCNCNC
Coggin, FoysonMW1-9mSNCNCNC