Martha “Mattie” McGeheeAge: 77 years1857–1934
- Name
- Martha “Mattie” McGehee
- Given names
- Martha
- Surname
- McGehee
- Nickname
- Mattie
- Married name
- Martha Appleby
 Birth | February 1, 1857 35 35 |
 Death of a mother | Nancy Harvil February 13, 1857 (Age 12 days) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Marriage of a parent | Robert McGehee — Melissa Adeline Murphy — View this family May 6, 1860 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | July 14, 1860 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 years)Note: 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 half-brother | William Abraham McGehee November 26, 1865 (Age 8 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Robert McGehee — Sarah Ann Jones — View this family April 16, 1866 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Robert Gordon McGehee August 8, 1867 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 9 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 9 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Tabitha Clementine McGehee August 16, 1869 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 11 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 |
| Census | June 3, 1870 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a father | Robert McGehee October 12, 1870 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a sister | Julia Ann McGehee December 24, 1873 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John McGehee about January 1875 (Age 17 years) Note: Probate Court established Ann McGehee as the Administrator of John McGehee's estate on January 20, 1875. This would suggest he probably died sometime in January 1875. |
 Marriage | Robert Albert Appleby — View this family September 29, 1877 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | William Lee Edward Appleby August 30, 1878 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 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 2, 1880 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Frances “Mollie” Appleby August 27, 1880 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Claude Elberta Appleby May 10, 1882 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Maude Jane Appleby March 16, 1884 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Clyde Daniel Appleby March 17, 1886 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Dora Florence Appleby September 28, 1888 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Minnie May Appleby May 3, 1891 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Jesse Jefferson Appleby February 14, 1893 (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Cecil Theodore Hunt — Mary Frances “Mollie” Appleby — View this family August 14, 1898 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 grandson #1 | Homer Alford Hunt July 8, 1899 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Homer Alford Hunt June 17, 1900 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ollie May Hunt June 8, 1901 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Theodora Benton Hunt December 2, 1903 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Clyde Daniel Appleby — Hester S “Hettie” McIntyre — View this family 1906 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Theodora Benton Hunt January 2, 1906 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Blanche Lucille Hunt February 26, 1906 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Allen Robert McClanahan — Dora Florence Appleby — View this family August 30, 1908 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Paul Eugene Hunt November 16, 1908 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Claude Elberta Appleby — Sarah Alice Hancock — View this family January 3, 1909 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Ruth Agnes Appleby April 16, 1910 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | May 10, 1910 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Berry Jenkins — Maude Jane Appleby — View this family October 5, 1910 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Joshua McGehee after 1910 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Buford M Appleby December 21, 1911 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Eunice Marie Hunt January 16, 1912 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Eunice Marie Hunt January 16, 1912 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Maude Jane Appleby February 9, 1913 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Melvin Victor Appleby April 4, 1913 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 #10 | Edna Mae Appleby January 17, 1917 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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 | February 4, 1920 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Robert Gordon McGehee July 9, 1921 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Edward Megehee April 27, 1923 (Age 66 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Henry Hassey — Minnie May Appleby — View this family February 26, 1924 (Age 67 years) Note: Marriage info found at Find A Grave site |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Milam Bryan Hassey August 28, 1925 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | James Carrol Appleby February 10, 1926 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann McGehee November 7, 1927 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | Jasper Truett Hassey December 14, 1927 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 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 14, 1930 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Lena Ruth Hassey April 4, 1931 (Age 74 years) |
 Death | February 26, 1934 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Leonard Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert McGehee Birth: about 1822 22 17 — Missouri, United States Death: October 12, 1870 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Harvil Birth: about 1822 — Illinois, United States Death: February 13, 1857 — Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1842 — Missouri, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
John Edward Megehee Birth: August 27, 1843 21 21 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: April 27, 1923 — Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
James S McGehee Birth: about 1846 24 24 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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4 years elder sister |
Julia Ann McGehee Birth: about 1849 27 27 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: December 24, 1873 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Joshua McGehee Birth: November 21, 1851 29 29 — Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States Death: after 1910 |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary Ann McGehee Birth: March 17, 1854 32 32 — Texas, United States Death: November 7, 1927 — Robert Lee, Coke, Texas, United States |
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3 years herself |
Martha “Mattie” McGehee Birth: February 1, 1857 35 35 — Springfield, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: February 26, 1934 — Lamasco, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| Father’s family with Melissa Adeline Murphy |
| father |
Robert McGehee Birth: about 1822 22 17 — Missouri, United States Death: October 12, 1870 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Melissa Adeline Murphy Birth: about 1829 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 1866 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: May 6, 1860 — Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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6 years half-brother |
William Abraham McGehee Birth: November 26, 1865 43 36 — Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States Death: August 4, 1941 — Celeste, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| Father’s family with Sarah Ann Jones |
| father |
Robert McGehee Birth: about 1822 22 17 — Missouri, United States Death: October 12, 1870 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Sarah Ann Jones Birth: November 28, 1835 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 18, 1910 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: April 16, 1866 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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16 months half-brother |
Robert Gordon McGehee Birth: August 8, 1867 45 31 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 9, 1921 — Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Tabitha Clementine McGehee Birth: August 16, 1869 47 33 — Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States Death: August 9, 1942 — Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States |
| Family with Robert Albert Appleby |
| husband |
Robert Albert Appleby Birth: October 16, 1852 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 29, 1934 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Martha “Mattie” McGehee Birth: February 1, 1857 35 35 — Springfield, Conway, Arkansas, United States Death: February 26, 1934 — Lamasco, Fannin, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: September 29, 1877 — Collin, Texas, United States |
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11 months son |
William Lee Edward Appleby Birth: August 30, 1878 25 21 — Collin, Texas, United States Death: June 22, 1960 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Frances “Mollie” Appleby Birth: August 27, 1880 27 23 — Collin, Texas, United States Death: March 9, 1962 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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20 months son |
Claude Elberta Appleby Birth: May 10, 1882 29 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 7, 1962 — Pasadena, Harris, Texas, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Maude Jane Appleby Birth: March 16, 1884 31 27 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: February 9, 1913 — Hunt, Texas, United States |
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2 years son |
Clyde Daniel Appleby Birth: March 17, 1886 33 29 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: May 17, 1960 — Hale, Texas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Dora Florence Appleby Birth: September 28, 1888 35 31 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: May 27, 1986 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Minnie May Appleby Birth: May 3, 1891 38 34 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: October 26, 1979 — Grayson, Texas, United States |
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21 months son |
Jesse Jefferson Appleby Birth: February 14, 1893 40 36 — Fannin, Texas, United States Death: September 1, 1978 — Wilbarger, Texas, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Robert McGehee - Household
Union, Conway, Arkansas
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Robert McGehee - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Robert Albert Appleby - Household
Collin, Texas
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Robert Albert Appleby - Household
Fannin, Texas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Albert Appleby - Household
Lane Road Hunt, Texas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Albert Appleby - Household
Bonham, Fannin, Texas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Claude Elberta Appleby - Household
Lenard and Mc Kinney Highway Gravel Collin, Texas
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