The Shemwell Family

May Margaret “Maggie” CookAge: 69 years18681938

Name
May Margaret “Maggie” Cook
Given names
May Margaret
Surname
Cook
Married name
May Margaret Brown
Married name
May Margaret Coons
Married name
May Margaret Grandstaff
Nickname
Maggie
Birth December 5, 1868 30 33
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 27 days)

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
Death of a fatherAndrew Cook
April 1870 (Age 15 months)
Census July 29, 1870 (Age 19 months)
Note: Mary Margaret is listed as Sarah E Cook. No Mary in the 1870 Census and no Sarah in 1880.. They should have been in both, then Sarah disappears. Jane says in the 1900 Census she has 8 children born 6 living.
Birth of a half-brotherRichard “Dick” Thomas
April 11, 1872 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentAndrew ThomasMary Jane “Nancy” ShemwellView this family
before 1873 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a half-sisterAmanda Ellen Thomas
February 29, 1876 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentCornelius CornineMary Jane “Nancy” ShemwellView this family
Type: Religious marriage
September 13, 1878 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 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 1, 1880 (Age 11 years)
Death of a half-sisterNancy Jane Cook
before August 1880 (Age 11 years)
MarriageJames Hurt BrownView this family
August 29, 1887 (Age 18 years)
MarriageWilliam Henry CoonsView this family
September 10, 1892 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ethel Vivian Coons
January 22, 1893 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Georgia Anna Coons
September 2, 1894 (Age 25 years)
Divorce filedJames Hurt BrownView this family
September 8, 1894 (Age 25 years)

Note: He states that his wife left him on September 1 1889
Birth of a son
#3
William Beck “Willie” Coons
February 11, 1898 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
Birth of a daughter
#4
Susie May Bertha Coons
1903 (Age 34 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Henry Coons
March 10, 1908 (Age 39 years)
Marriage of a childRobert E NolanEthel Vivian CoonsView this family
July 7, 1909 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Robert George Nolan
November 19, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Death of a half-sisterAmanda Ellen Thomas
August 22, 1915 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Travis Carpenter Sr.Ethel Vivian CoonsView this family
December 24, 1916 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 granddaughter
#2
Virginia Lee Carpenter
November 12, 1917 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 48 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 49 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/
Marriage of a childWilliam Beck “Willie” CoonsNina Irene SmithView this family
February 1, 1919 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
William Charles Coons
November 20, 1919 (Age 50 years)
Death of a motherMary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
March 31, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Cause: Old Age
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Dorothy Sue Carpenter
May 4, 1920 (Age 51 years)
MarriageFrancis Marion GrandstaffView this family
December 31, 1923 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
William Travis Carpenter Jr
March 20, 1924 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Thomas J “Tommy” Carpenter
May 28, 1927 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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
Death of a half-brotherEverett Fielding Cook
April 16, 1931 (Age 62 years)
Cause: chronic myocarditis
Birth of a grandson
#7
Jackie Ebert Carpenter
March 26, 1933 (Age 64 years)
Death July 4, 1938 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 11, 1866Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
-18 months
elder sister
Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook
Birth: March 12, 1865 27 29Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: December 27, 1941Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
herself
Mother’s family with Fielding Cook - View this family
uncle
mother
Marriage: December 14, 1854Cooper, Missouri, United States
1 month
half-brother
4 years
half-sister
Nancy Jane Cook
Birth: 1857 22 21Missouri, United States
Death: before August 1880Pettis, Missouri, United States
3 years
half-brother
John William “J.W.” Cook
Birth: April 4, 1860 25 24Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: December 2, 1954Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
2 years
half-brother
Mother’s family with Andrew Thomas - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: before 1873
-9 months
half-brother
4 years
half-sister
Mother’s family with Cornelius Cornine - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: September 13, 1878Cooper, Missouri, United States
Family with James Hurt Brown - View this family
ex-husband
herself
Marriage: August 29, 1887Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Divorce filed: September 8, 1894
Family with William Henry Coons - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 10, 1892Jasper, Missouri, United States
4 months
daughter
19 months
daughter
Georgia Anna Coons
Birth: September 2, 1894 32 25Kansas, United States
Death: July 1964Kansas, United States
3 years
son
William Beck “Willie” Coons
Birth: February 11, 1898 36 29Baxter Springs, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: November 17, 1986Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
6 years
daughter
Susie May Bertha Coons
Birth: 1903 41 34Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 8, 1971Douglas, Oregon, United States
Family with Francis Marion Grandstaff - View this family
husband
Francis Marion Grandstaff
Birth: August 1, 1877Sullivan, Missouri, United States
Death: November 20, 1951Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
herself
Marriage: December 31, 1923Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

May Margaret “Maggie” Cook has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Jane Shemwell - Household

Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Cook, Janehead34FWKeeping HouseMO
Cook, Miltonson15MWWorks On FarmMO
Cook, Nancydaughter13FWMO
Cook, William Nson11MWMO
Cook, Fielding Eson9MWMO
Cook, Georgeann Jdaughter4FWMO
Cook, Sarah Edaughter4mFWMOFeb

Census
Mary Margaret is listed as Sarah E Cook. No Mary in the 1870 Census and no Sarah in 1880.. They should have been in both, then Sarah disappears. Jane says in the 1900 Census she has 8 children born 6 living.
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Jane Shemwell - Household

Pilot Grove, Cooper, MO

NameRaceSexAgeBmthRelationMCYrsMOccupationHealthMnsUEduEng?BPFBPMBP
Jane CornineWF40headM-Keeps houseMOKYKY
William N. CookWM20sonS-Works out by the dayMOINMO
Everett H. CookWM17sonS-Works out by the dayMOINMO
Georgeann I. CookWF14daughterS-At HomeMOINMO
Mary M. CookWM11sonS-At HomeMOINMO
Richard ThomasWM7sonS-At HomeMOTNMO
Amanda E. ThomasWF5daughterS-At HomeMOTNMO

Notes: parted from her husband

Divorce filed
He states that his wife left him on September 1 1889 GrantedOctober 1895?