Cora B ShemwellAge: 86 years1864–1950
- Name
- Cora B Shemwell
- Given names
- Cora B
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Cora B Wheeler
 Birth | August 21, 1864 34 26 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Birth of a brother | Frederick Shemwell October 13, 1866 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a brother | Frederick Shemwell June 23, 1867 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Della Shemwell March 17, 1868 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a sister | Etta Shemwell June 30, 1870 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | August 19, 1870 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Joseph Hiram Thompson July 23, 1872 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sara Frances Shemwell September 11, 1872 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alice Shemwell August 11, 1874 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sara Frances Shemwell September 13, 1875 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Harold Shemwell August 17, 1876 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary “May” Shemwell April 12, 1877 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Odell Shemwell August 5, 1880 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell October 25, 1880 (Age 16 years) |
 Religious marriage | Louis Burnis Wheeler — View this family December 23, 1886 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler October 7, 1888 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Jesse Louise Wheeler January 27, 1890 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Col. Druid Emmett Wheeler January 31, 1894 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 18, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a sister | Etta Shemwell January 2, 1901 (Age 36 years) Cause: typhoid fever |
 Residence | 1901 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a brother | Odell Shemwell July 13, 1904 (Age 39 years) Address: Shemwell Home Cause: typhoid fever |
| Residence | July 1904 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | September 21, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ralph Adelbert Carrier — Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler — View this family April 22, 1911 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr March 25, 1914 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson February 21, 1916 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 14, 1920 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Col. Druid Emmett Wheeler — Mary L'Amoreaux Lathrop — View this family June 28, 1921 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Druid Emmett Wheeler Jr April 11, 1922 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a sister | Della Shemwell April 7, 1923 (Age 58 years) Cause: stroke Note: Death Certificate says "single" |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Robert Lathrop “Bob” Wheeler February 23, 1925 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 26, 1930 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Baxter Shemwell May 31, 1932 (Age 67 years) Cause: Gun shot wound to abdomen |
| Death of a brother | Harold Shemwell January 4, 1936 (Age 71 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Harold Shemwell January 7, 1936 (Age 71 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Lincoln Cemetery |
| Death of a husband | Louis Burnis Wheeler October 26, 1936 (Age 72 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 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 | Alice Shemwell September 12, 1946 (Age 82 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Alice Shemwell September 14, 1946 (Age 82 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery |
| Marriage of a child | Col. Druid Emmett Wheeler — Martha Mary Mosby — View this family December 14, 1949 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 85 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 81 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 | November 7, 1950 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Address: Plot: Section J Lot 23 Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1830 40 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 25, 1880 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson Birth: June 30, 1838 28 38 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 21, 1916 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: April 7, 1857 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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11 months elder brother |
Baxter Shemwell Birth: March 12, 1858 28 19 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 31, 1932 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months elder sister |
Mary Louisa Shemwell Birth: July 14, 1859 29 21 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1860 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
William Whitehead Shemwell Birth: December 2, 1860 30 22 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: December 26, 1861 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Edward Marcellus Shemwell Birth: October 28, 1862 32 24 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 13, 1864 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months herself |
Cora B Shemwell Birth: August 21, 1864 34 26 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 7, 1950 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Frederick Shemwell Birth: October 13, 1866 36 28 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: June 23, 1867 |
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17 months younger sister |
Della Shemwell Birth: March 17, 1868 38 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: April 7, 1923 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Etta Shemwell Birth: June 30, 1870 40 32 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1901 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Sara Frances Shemwell Birth: September 11, 1872 42 34 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 13, 1875 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Alice Shemwell Birth: August 11, 1874 44 36 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 12, 1946 — Richmond, Virginia, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Harold Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1936 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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8 months younger sister |
Mary “May” Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1877 47 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 29, 1961 |
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3 years younger brother |
Odell Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1880 50 42 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 13, 1904 — Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Louis Burnis Wheeler |
| husband |
Louis Burnis Wheeler Birth: July 13, 1862 24 — Michigan, United States Death: October 26, 1936 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Cora B Shemwell Birth: August 21, 1864 34 26 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: November 7, 1950 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 23, 1886 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler Birth: October 7, 1888 26 24 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 8, 1978 — Henderson, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Jesse Louise Wheeler Birth: January 27, 1890 27 25 — North Carolina, United States Death: September 29, 1979 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years son |
Col. Druid Emmett Wheeler Birth: January 31, 1894 31 29 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 20, 1970 — Sarasota, Florida, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell - Household
Tyro, Davidson, NC
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Obediah Marcellus Shemwell - Household
Tyro, Davidson, NC
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Louis Burnis Wheeler - Household
Davidson, North Carolina
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Louis Burnis Wheeler - Household
169 Chestnut St. Asheville, Buncombe, NC
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Louis Burnis Wheeler - Household
Virginia on line Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Louis Burnis Wheeler - Household
Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Cora B Shemwell - Household
Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
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