The Shemwell Family

Necy Ellen Knight1875

Name
Necy Ellen Knight
Given names
Necy Ellen
Surname
Knight
Married name
Necy Ellen Moore
Birth August 1875 39 33
Birth of a sisterLucy Ann Knight
June 10, 1877 (Age 22 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn J Underwood
July 20, 1878 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a sisterSarah Frances Knight
May 1880 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJames H Knight
April 1885 (Age 9 years)
Death of a brotherJohn W P Knight
March 15, 1887 (Age 11 years)
Death of a motherMary Susan Arinda Underwood
about 1890 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Cook
April 30, 1894 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 sisterMartha Elizabeth Knight
about 1901 (Age 25 years)

Death of a fatherIsaac Perry Andrew Knight
September 26, 1911 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 sisterLucy Ann Knight
June 18, 1922 (Age 46 years)
Death of a sisterLaura E Knight
August 4, 1922 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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 brotherMiles F Andrew Jackson Knight
April 18, 1935 (Age 59 years)
Burial of a brotherMiles F Andrew Jackson Knight
April 18, 1935 (Age 59 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dick Boyd Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 74 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 70 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
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father
mother
Marriage: December 27, 1857Christian, Kentucky, United States
10 months
elder brother
John W P Knight
Birth: November 6, 1858 22 16Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 15, 1887Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
Miles F Andrew Jackson Knight
Birth: June 2, 1861 25 19Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 18, 1935Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
5 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
Martha Elizabeth Knight
Birth: about 1866 29 24Kentucky, United States
Death: about 1901
7 years
elder sister
Laura E Knight
Birth: August 21, 1872 36 30Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 4, 1922Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
3 years
herself
22 months
younger sister
Lucy Ann Knight
Birth: June 10, 1877 41 35Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 18, 1922Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother

Necy Ellen Knight has 10 first cousins recorded