Cova MurphyAge: 73 years1903–1976
- Name
- Cova Murphy
- Given names
- Cova
- Surname
- Murphy
![]() | April 1, 1903 33 30 |
![]() | Vestel Murphy about 1907 (Age 3 years) |
![]() | May 9, 1910 (Age 7 years) |
![]() | Eliza Ann “Lizia” Latham April 18, 1912 (Age 9 years) |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Bulah Murphy November 15, 1918 (Age 15 years) Cause: Influenza |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 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/ |
![]() | January 24, 1920 (Age 16 years) |
![]() | James Lewis Shemwell January 21, 1926 (Age 22 years) |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Oma Edna Murphy July 31, 1931 (Age 28 years) Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
![]() #1 | James R Murphy January 14, 1940 (Age 36 years) |
![]() | James R Murphy January 14, 1940 (Age 36 years) Cause: Premature |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | James H Murphy September 13, 1950 (Age 47 years) |
![]() | Talitha Jennie Shemwell December 25, 1953 (Age 50 years) |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Ernest Pless Murphy February 20, 1971 (Age 67 years) |
![]() | Ada Mae Murphy December 19, 1971 (Age 68 years) |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | October 28, 1976 (Age 73 years) |
![]() | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ebeneezer Cemetery |
![]() | February 13, 2020 – 18:57:43 by: Barry Shemwell |
Family with parents |
father |
James H Murphy Birth: October 15, 1869 — DeKalb, Tennessee, United States Death: September 13, 1950 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
mother |
Birth: November 13, 1872 32 30 — Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 25, 1953 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
Marriage: March 23, 1890 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Ada Mae Murphy Birth: April 4, 1894 24 21 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 19, 1971 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
17 months elder sister |
Oma Edna Murphy Birth: September 7, 1895 25 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 31, 1931 — North Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States |
3 years elder brother |
Ernest Pless Murphy Birth: June 10, 1898 28 25 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 20, 1971 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
3 years elder sister |
Bulah Murphy Birth: June 3, 1901 31 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 15, 1918 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
22 months himself |
Cova Murphy Birth: April 1, 1903 33 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 28, 1976 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
5 years younger brother |
Vestel Murphy Birth: about 1907 37 34 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: |
Family with Private |
himself |
Cova Murphy Birth: April 1, 1903 33 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 28, 1976 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
wife |
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son |
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James R Murphy Birth: January 14, 1940 36 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 14, 1940 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
Cova Murphy has 20 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents John E Murphy + Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Shemwell
Mother's family (13)
Parents Redic Young Shemwell + Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith
Parents David W O'Neal + Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Shemwell
Parents John E Murphy + Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Shemwell
Parents Samuel Richard Shemwell + Hettie J “Etta” McBride
2Private–
Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James H Murphy - Household
Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, KY
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Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James H Murphy - Household
Main Street Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
Process of elimination leaves Beluah the mother of Margaurette Carroll. -b |