The Shemwell Family

Mary Grace CoxAge: 91 years19021993

Name
Mary Grace Cox
Given names
Mary Grace
Surname
Cox
Married name
Mary Grace Griffin
Birth March 13, 1902 29 24
Birth of a brotherDavid “Toad” Cox
September 29, 1903 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a brotherPrellon Cox Cox
June 18, 1906 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherGlanos “Glen” Cox
December 12, 1909 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherGalen Cox
July 14, 1916 (Age 14 years)
Cause: Typhoid
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherAlexander Lee Riley
September 4, 1927 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 2, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 52 years)
Death of a brotherPrellon Cox Cox
March 7, 1958 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherGuy Cox
February 8, 1967 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherGlanos “Glen” Cox
February 23, 1973 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 husbandArguster Graham “Guster” Griffin
October 19, 1980 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherDavid “Toad” Cox
April 26, 1983 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Gratten Cox
June 26, 1984 (Age 82 years)
Death September 29, 1993 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodville Cemetery
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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
elder brother
Henry Gratten Cox
Birth: November 24, 1898 25 20Kentucky, United States
Death: June 26, 1984McCracken, Kentucky, United States
13 months
elder brother
Goble Ottway Cox
Birth: December 31, 1899 26 21Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 25, 1901Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
herself
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 Arguster Graham “Guster” Griffin - View this family
husband
Arguster Graham “Guster” Griffin
Birth: June 4, 1901Halifax, Virginia, United States
Death: October 19, 1980Kevil, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
herself
Mary Grace Cox
Birth: March 13, 1902 29 24Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 29, 1993Kevil, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
daughter
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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