The Shemwell Family

Name
David “Toad” Cox
Given names
David
Surname
Cox
Nickname
Toad
Birth September 29, 1903 30 25
Birth of a brotherPrellon Cox Cox
June 18, 1906 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherGlanos “Glen” Cox
December 12, 1909 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherGalen Cox
July 14, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Cause: Typhoid
No Children
No Children

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 16 years)
MarriageOleta Alberta KeelView this family
about 1927 (Age 23 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherAlexander Lee Riley
September 4, 1927 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 51 years)
Death of a brotherPrellon Cox Cox
March 7, 1958 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherGuy Cox
February 8, 1967 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherGlanos “Glen” Cox
February 23, 1973 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 26, 1983 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Newton Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
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