The Shemwell Family

Walter William CobbAge: 72 years18941966

Name
Walter William Cobb
Given names
Walter William
Surname
Cobb
Birth April 3, 1894 27 23
Birth of a sisterBeulah Maude Cobb
January 6, 1897 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterIbyll Cobb
January 6, 1897 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 paternal grandfatherElbert Howell Cobb
after 1910 (Age 15 years)

Death of a motherAddie Matton
January 19, 1911 (Age 16 years)
Marriage of a parentFranklin B CobbAddie Almira PhippsView this family
April 3, 1913 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAlma Cobb
May 6, 1914 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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/
Marriage of a parentFranklin B CobbMary Susan “Susie” ArvinView this family
about 1922 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 sisterBeulah Maude Cobb
August 4, 1934 (Age 40 years)
Death of a fatherFranklin B Cobb
November 26, 1943 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 brotherHerbert Forrest Cobb
August 6, 1959 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 April 14, 1966 (Age 72 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 21, 1889Christian, Kentucky, United States
-2 months
elder brother
Herbert Forrest Cobb
Birth: January 24, 1889 21 18Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 1959Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
5 years
himself
Walter William Cobb
Birth: April 3, 1894 27 23Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 14, 1966Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Beulah Maude Cobb
Birth: January 6, 1897 29 26Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 4, 1934Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
younger sister
Ibyll Cobb
Birth: January 6, 1897 29 26Kentucky, United States
Death: June 15, 1970Dade, Florida, United States
Father’s family with Mary Susan “Susie” Arvin - View this family
father
step-mother
Mary Susan “Susie” Arvin
Birth: August 8, 1878 39 34Madison, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1969Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1922
Father’s family with Addie Almira Phipps - View this family
father
step-mother
Addie Almira Phipps
Birth: November 21, 1872Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 21, 1921Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: April 3, 1913Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
13 months
half-sister
Alma Cobb
Birth: May 6, 1914 47 41Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death:

Walter William Cobb has 1 first cousin recorded

Father's family (1)

Parents Willard D Green + Mary A Cobb

Mother's family (0)