The Shemwell Family

Henry Gratten CoxAge: 85 years18981984

Name
Henry Gratten Cox
Given names
Henry Gratten
Surname
Cox
Birth November 24, 1898 25 20
Birth of a brotherGoble Ottway Cox
December 31, 1899 (Age 13 months)
Census June 9, 1900 (Age 18 months)
Death of a brotherGoble Ottway Cox
March 25, 1901 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Grace Cox
March 13, 1902 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherDavid “Toad” Cox
September 29, 1903 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherPrellon Cox Cox
June 18, 1906 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherGlanos “Glen” Cox
December 12, 1909 (Age 11 years)
Death of a brotherGalen Cox
July 14, 1916 (Age 17 years)
Cause: Typhoid
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 30, 1920 (Age 21 years)
MarriageGertrude V HolleyView this family
February 1921 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Lavenia Cox
March 31, 1922 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Amelia “Dickie” Cox
October 18, 1925 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherAlexander Lee Riley
September 4, 1927 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childJewell Richard BradfordLavenia CoxView this family
about 1942 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Ranny Jewell Bradford
July 24, 1943 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Death of a fatherEbenezer B Cox
May 21, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Glenn Dale Bradford
May 20, 1953 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 motherAmelia Ann Riley
January 29, 1955 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherPrellon Cox Cox
March 7, 1958 (Age 59 years)
Death of a grandsonRanny Jewell Bradford
September 22, 1959 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherGuy Cox
February 8, 1967 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherGlanos “Glen” Cox
February 23, 1973 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 of a wifeGertrude V Holley
August 23, 1980 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherDavid “Toad” Cox
April 26, 1983 (Age 84 years)
Death June 26, 1984 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKendree United Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 3, 1894Marshall, Kentucky, United States
14 months
elder brother
Galen Cox
Birth: January 16, 1896 22 18Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 14, 1916Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
17 months
elder brother
Guy Cox
Birth: June 2, 1897 24 19Kentucky, United States
Death: February 8, 1967Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
18 months
himself
Henry Gratten Cox
Birth: November 24, 1898 25 20Kentucky, United States
Death: June 26, 1984McCracken, Kentucky, United States
13 months
younger brother
Goble Ottway Cox
Birth: December 31, 1899 26 21Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 25, 1901Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mary Grace Cox
Birth: March 13, 1902 29 24Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 29, 1993Kevil, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
19 months
younger brother
David “Toad” Cox
Birth: September 29, 1903 30 25Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 26, 1983McCracken, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Prellon Cox Cox
Birth: June 18, 1906 33 28Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 7, 1958McCracken, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother
Glanos “Glen” Cox
Birth: December 12, 1909 36 31Kentucky, United States
Death: February 23, 1973Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States
Family with Gertrude V Holley - View this family
himself
Henry Gratten Cox
Birth: November 24, 1898 25 20Kentucky, United States
Death: June 26, 1984McCracken, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: February 1921
14 months
daughter
Lavenia Cox
Birth: March 31, 1922 23 19McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 30, 2007Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Amelia “Dickie” Cox
Birth: October 18, 1925 26 23Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: November 25, 2013Calvert City, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Ebenezer Cox - Household

Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cox, Ebb BheadWMFeb187327M6KYKYKYFarmer
Cox, AmeliawifeWFJan187822M644KYKYKY
Cox, GarlandsonWMJan18955SKYKYKY
Cox, GuysonWMJun18963SKYKYKY
Cox, GratsonWMNov18972SKYKYKY
Cox, GoblesonWMDec18981SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ebenezer B Cox - Household

Ogden Landing Road Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cox, E BheadMW46MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Cox, Amelia AwifeFW41MKYNCKY
Cox, GuysonMW22SKYKYKYFarmerHome ??
Cox, HenrysonMW21SKYKYKYFarmerHome ??
Cox, MarydaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Cox, DavidsonMW16SKYKYKY
Cox, PrellonsonMW13SKYKYKY
Cox, GlanossonMW10SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Henry Gratten Cox - Household

6160 Townsend Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cox, GrattheadMW31M21KYKYKYGrinderAuto Plant
Cox, GertrudewifeFW28M19KYKYKY
Cox, LaveniadaughterFW8SKYKYKY
Cox, AmeliadaughterFW4SMIKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Henry Gratten Cox - Household

McCracken, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Cox, GratXheadMW41MKYRMcCrackenKYTruck DriverGeneral Trucking
Cox, GertrudewifeFW37MKYRMcCrackenKY
Cox, LaveniadaughterFW18SKYRMcCrackenKY
Cox, AmeliadaughterFW14SKYRMcCrackenKY