Horace Drake SherrodAge: 74 years1885–1960
- Name
- Horace Drake Sherrod
- Given names
- Horace Drake
- Surname
- Sherrod
 Birth | September 5, 1885 42 37 |
 Birth of a brother | Norwood Auston Sherrod August 7, 1889 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 |
 Census | June 16, 1900 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Cora Lee Foster — View this family June 28, 1903 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Permelia Belinda Rickman September 30, 1910 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Roy K Sherrod November 21, 1911 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 30 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Coy Ray Sherrod July 16, 1918 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 31 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 32 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 of a father | Finis Washington Sherrod April 30, 1919 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell August 16, 1924 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 44 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 28, 1930 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Jo Ann Sherrod April 11, 1931 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nannie H Sherrod March 15, 1934 (Age 48 years) Cause: myocarditis; nephritis; ruptured cerebral artery followed cardio block |
| Burial of a sister | Nannie H Sherrod March 17, 1934 (Age 48 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Dona Kaye Sherrod September 15, 1939 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Permelia Sherrod May 8, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a brother | Norwood Auston Sherrod August 16, 1941 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 sister | Francis C Sherrod January 23, 1946 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod June 25, 1951 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 | February 13, 1960 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lewisburg Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Finis Washington Sherrod Birth: September 1, 1843 50 43 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 30, 1919 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Shemwell Birth: October 27, 1847 38 25 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1924 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 2, 1866 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Nannie H Sherrod Birth: April 14, 1869 25 21 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 15, 1934 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah Permelia Sherrod Birth: November 19, 1871 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 8, 1940 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months elder sister |
Francis C Sherrod Birth: June 5, 1873 29 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1946 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Sherrod Birth: about 1877 33 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
James Samuel “Jim” Sherrod Birth: January 22, 1880 36 32 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1951 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years himself |
Horace Drake Sherrod Birth: September 5, 1885 42 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 13, 1960 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Norwood Auston Sherrod Birth: August 7, 1889 45 41 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1941 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Cora Lee Foster |
| himself |
Horace Drake Sherrod Birth: September 5, 1885 42 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 13, 1960 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Cora Lee Foster Birth: June 27, 1886 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 25, 1976 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: June 28, 1903 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years son |
Roy K Sherrod Birth: November 21, 1911 26 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 18, 1983 — Kentucky, United States |
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7 years son |
Coy Ray Sherrod Birth: July 16, 1918 32 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 18, 1992 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
Horace Drake Sherrod has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (6)
Parents Leander Montgomery Glenn + Elizabeth Rachel Sherrod
Parents Allbrittain “Brit” Sherrod + Sarah …
Mother's family (13)
Parents James Marcus Shemwell + Penelope Frances “Fanny” Coursey
Parents William Alexander Shemwell + Virginia Cordelia “Jennie” Brockman
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Finis Washington Sherrod - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Horace Drake Sherrod - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Horace Drake Sherrod - Household
Hopkinsville & Greensville Road Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Horace Drake Sherrod - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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