The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Dortha CoxAge: 84 years1901–1985

Name
Elizabeth Dortha Cox
Given names
Elizabeth Dortha
Surname
Cox
Married name
Elizabeth Dortha Terhune
Married name
Elizabeth Dortha Kelley
Married name
Elizabeth Dortha Ingram
Birth March 13, 1901 38 38
Birth of a sisterDella G Cox
October 1904 (Age 3 years)
Note: Birth info based on 1905 Census
Census 1905 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth J Smith
January 10, 1907 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Gossard Banks
January 20, 1908 (Age 6 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Henry Cox
March 10, 1915 (Age 13 years)
Census 1915 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 1, 1920 (Age 18 years)
MarriageLawrence Carl Kelley — View this family
about 1921 (Age 19 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Jane Troutman
July 15, 1925 (Age 24 years)
Census 1925 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 11, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 motherSarah Bertha Banks
July 27, 1946 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherJoseph Samuel Cox
March 26, 1948 (Age 47 years)
Census May 1, 1950 (Age 49 years)
MarriageWilliam Harvey Terhune — View this family
August 20, 1951 (Age 50 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Harvey Terhune
July 27, 1953 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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
Marriage… Ingram — View this family
between 1954 and 1985 (Age 52 years)

Note: Elizabeth's husband (Terhune) died in 1953; so, she would have remarried after that date.
Death of a husbandLawrence Carl Kelley
September 9, 1955 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sisterLillie May Cox
January 11, 1958 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Peter Cox
October 29, 1961 (Age 60 years)
Death of a sisterDella G Cox
December 28, 1965 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 sisterEdna V Cox
October 8, 1981 (Age 80 years)
Death September 11, 1985 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Belle Plaine Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 15, 1888 — Edmond, Kansas, United States
3 years
elder brother
Clyde Richard Cox
Birth: November 1, 1890 27 28 — Illinois, United States
Death: August 3, 1891 — Kansas, United States
14 months
elder brother
Clarence Cox
Birth: January 16, 1892 28 29 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: November 5, 1892 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
3 years
elder sister
21 months
elder brother
Samuel Peter Cox
Birth: December 19, 1896 33 34 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: October 29, 1961 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
14 months
elder sister
Lillie May Cox
Birth: February 25, 1898 35 35 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: January 11, 1958 — Northridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
herself
4 years
younger sister
Della G Cox
Birth: October 1904 41 41 — Kansas, United States
Death: December 28, 1965 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Family with William Harvey Terhune - View this family
husband
William Harvey Terhune
Birth: July 25, 1919 — Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 27, 1953 — Kingman, Kansas, United States
herself
Marriage: August 20, 1951 — Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Family with Lawrence Carl Kelley - View this family
husband
Lawrence Carl Kelley
Birth: May 1, 1899 — Indiana, United States
Death: September 9, 1955 — Slater, Saline, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1921 — Kansas, United States
Family with … Ingram - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: between 1954 and 1985 —

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Joseph Samuel Cox - Household

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Cox, Joseph SheadMW42MILFarmer
Banks, Sarah BwifeFW42MIA
Cox, EdnadaughterFW10MKS
Cox, SamuelsonMW9MKS
Cox, LilliedaughterFW6MKS
Cox, DorthadaughterFW4MKS
Cox, DeliadaughterFW0 years 5 monthsMKS

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Samuel Cox - Household

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cox, Joseph SheadMW47M22ILILINFarmerGen FarmingEmpYesYesOFF
Cox, Sarah BwifeFW47M2255IAPAILNoneYesYes
Cox, Edna BdaughterFW15SKSILIAEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Cox, Samuel PsonMW13SKSILIAEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Cox, Lilly MdaughterFW11SKSILIAEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Cox, Elizabeth DdaughterFW9SKSILIANoneYes
Cox, Della GdaughterFW5MKSILIANone

CensusUnited States - Census transcript - Joseph Samuel Cox - Household

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Cox, Josh SheadMW52MILFarmer
Banks, Sarah BwifeFW52MIAHousewife
Cox, SamsonMW19MKS
Cox, Lillie MdaughterFW17MKS
Cox, ElizabethdaughterFW14MKS
Cox, DeliadaughterFW10MKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Samuel Cox - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cox, Joseph SheadRMW57MYesYesKSILILLaborerWholesale LampsW
Cox, BerthawifeFW57MYesYesWAWAWALaborerLaundryW
Cox, SamuelsonMW23MYesYesKSKSWAYesLaborerWholesale LampsW
Cox, ElizabethdaughterFW18SYesYesKSKSWAYesLaborerLaundryW
Cox, DeliadaughterFW15SYesYesYesKSKSWAYesNone

Marriage
Marriage info based on 1930 Census
CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Lawrence Carl Kelley - Household

Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Kelley, Lawrence CheadMW25MINInternal Revenue
Kelley, Elizabeth DwifeFW24MKSNone
Kelley, Daisy MmotherFW45qsinClerk

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lawrence Carl Kelley - Household

Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Kelley, Lawrence CheadR35NoMW30M22NoYesINININYesDeputy CollectorInternal RevenueWYes
Kelley, Elizabeth DwifeFW29M20NoYesKSILIAYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Dortha Cox - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Trimmer, MarvinxheadR17MoMW51MNoTXTank BuilderOil ConstructionE120
Trimmer, Merle EwifeFW37MNoKS00
Kelley, Elizabeth DlodgerFW37WDNoKSNew WorkerPW00

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Dortha Cox - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Kelley, ElizabethheadFW49WDKSH50Typist ClerkFarm MachineryP
Perry, Bernicelodger (aka niece)FW33WDKSW

Marriage
Elizabeth's husband (Terhune) died in 1953; so, she would have remarried after that date.
Name
Mrs Della G Davis (nee Cox) Obituary and Family Listing Wichita Eagle - Wed: Dec_29, 1965 Mrs Della G Davis, 61, of 2012 N. Broadway, died Tuesday. Born in Belle Plaine, Kan., she had lived 20 years in Wichita, She was a member of Easter Star. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs, Edna Hatfield, Wichita, and Mrs. Elizabeth Ingram, Spivey, Kan. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Hatfield Mortuary, Belle Plaine. Cochran Mortuary has charge locally. https://mhgswichita.org/wp/1965-wichita-eaglebeacon-obituaries/
Name
Lillie May Cox Obituary and Family Listing Wichita Eagle, Sunday, January 12, 1958, Page 3A Lifelong Resident Of Area, 58, Dies On Coast Visit Mrs. Lillie Hatfield, 58, of 4120 E. Clark, died Saturday in North Ridge, Calif., where she was visiting a son. A lifelong resident of this area, she was born Feb. 25, 1899, in Belle Plaine. Survivors include her husband, George, an employe at Wichita Municipal Airport; a daughter, Mrs. Wanda Zahourek, Sacramento, Calif.; four sons, Wayne L., North Ridge, George Jr., 2657 S. Mead, Leslie, 1718 S. Poplar, and Lawrence, of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Earl Drummond, 705 E. 57th South, and Mrs. Elizabeth Terhune, and Mrs. Della Davis, both of Spivey, Kan.; a brother, Sam Cox, 822 Coolidge; and 14 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday in Broadway Mortuary. The Rev. Leslie F. Toburen, Grace Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens Cemetery. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112910787/lillie-may-hatfield