The Shemwell Family

Addie Almira PhippsAge: 48 years18721921

Name
Addie Almira Phipps
Given names
Addie Almira
Surname
Phipps
Married name
Addie Almira Cobb
Birth November 21, 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
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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
MarriageFranklin B CobbView this family
April 3, 1913 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Alma Cobb
May 6, 1914 (Age 41 years)
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 January 21, 1921 (Age 48 years)
Family with Franklin B Cobb - View this family
husband
herself
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
daughter
Alma Cobb
Birth: May 6, 1914 47 41Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death:
Franklin B Cobb + Mary Susan “Susie” Arvin - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Mary Susan “Susie” Arvin
Birth: August 8, 1878 39 34Madison, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1969Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1922
Franklin B Cobb + Addie Matton - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 21, 1889Christian, Kentucky, United States
-2 months
step-son
Herbert Forrest Cobb
Birth: January 24, 1889 21 18Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 1959Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
5 years
step-son
Walter William Cobb
Birth: April 3, 1894 27 23Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 14, 1966Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Beulah Maude Cobb
Birth: January 6, 1897 29 26Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 4, 1934Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
step-daughter
Ibyll Cobb
Birth: January 6, 1897 29 26Kentucky, United States
Death: June 15, 1970Dade, Florida, United States