The Shemwell Family

Robert Gordon McGeheeAge: 53 years18671921

Name
Robert Gordon McGehee
Given names
Robert Gordon
Surname
McGehee
Birth August 8, 1867 45 31
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterTabitha Clementine McGehee
August 16, 1869 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 16 months)

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 2 years)
Death of a fatherRobert McGehee
October 12, 1870 (Age 3 years)
Death of a half-sisterJulia Ann McGehee
December 24, 1873 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn McGehee
about January 1875 (Age 7 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.
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 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 19, 1880 (Age 12 years)
Marriage of a parentAndrew J BrownSarah Ann JonesView this family
after 1880 (Age 12 years)

Note: in the 1880 Census she was listed as a McGehee. In the 1900 Census she was listed as Sarah Brown, Widow.
MarriageHarriette A “Hattie” HowellView this family
June 15, 1885 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Mae McGehee
May 2, 1887 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Albert Lon “Bert” McGehee
July 7, 1888 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Lula Lee McGehee
November 11, 1890 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Edwin E McGehee
March 1894 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Herman Earl McGehee
April 7, 1896 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Carl Everette McGehee
July 26, 1898 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Anna Laura McGehee
September 29, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Marriage of a childLuther Erie HooperMary Mae McGeheeView this family
May 29, 1905 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Olive Fern Hooper
May 15, 1906 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Vivian L Hooper
April 16, 1908 (Age 40 years)
Marriage of a childAlbert Lon “Bert” McGeheeLena Bell BeardView this family
December 27, 1909 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childJames Arthur GrimsleyLula Lee McGeheeView this family
April 10, 1910 (Age 42 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Ovella Audrey Hooper
July 27, 1910 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherSarah Ann Jones
November 18, 1910 (Age 43 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Joshua McGehee
after 1910 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a grandson
#4
Rex Maurice McGehee
May 31, 1911 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Janice Nadine Grimsley
October 24, 1912 (Age 45 years)
Marriage of a childHerman Earl McGeheeSadie B GorumView this family
March 24, 1913 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Luther Wayne Hooper
September 30, 1913 (Age 46 years)
Death of a half-sisterMartha V Duncan
August 16, 1915 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Charlie Earl McGehee
October 19, 1915 (Age 48 years)
Note: Still birth record naming parents
Death of a grandsonCharlie Earl McGehee
October 19, 1915 (Age 48 years)
Note: Still birth record naming parents
Birth of a grandson
#8
Herschel Sherman “Boots” Grimsley
August 27, 1916 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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
Death of a sonEdwin E McGehee
December 6, 1918 (Age 51 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Yoma Zerbetta Grimsley
June 15, 1919 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Jean Reigh Ralston
June 2, 1920 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childEdmund RalstonMary Mae McGeheeView this family
between 1918 and 1920 (Age 50 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 50 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 childMichael Leroy TroutmanMary Mae McGeheeView this family
between 1921 and 1925 (Age 53 years)

Death July 9, 1921 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rogers Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 16, 1866Butler, Missouri, United States
16 months
himself
2 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Nancy Harvil - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: estimated 1842Missouri, United States
20 months
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
4 years
half-sister
Julia Ann McGehee
Birth: about 1849 27 27Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: December 24, 1873Butler, Missouri, United States
3 years
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
Father’s family with Melissa Adeline Murphy - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: May 6, 1860Conway, Arkansas, United States
6 years
half-brother
William Abraham McGehee
Birth: November 26, 1865 43 36Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States
Death: August 4, 1941Celeste, Fannin, Texas, United States
Mother’s family with Andrew J Brown - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: after 1880
Mother’s family with William Cotter - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1853Tennessee, United States
2 years
half-brother
Mother’s family with Thomas F Duncan - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: February 21, 1858Butler, Missouri, United States
22 months
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
Martha V Duncan
Birth: September 13, 1861 28 25Missouri, United States
Death: August 16, 1915Texas, United States
Family with Harriette A “Hattie” Howell - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: June 15, 1885Carroll, Arkansas, United States
23 months
daughter
14 months
son
Albert Lon “Bert” McGehee
Birth: July 7, 1888 20 18Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 10, 1966Joshua Tree, San Bernardino, California, United States
2 years
daughter
3 years
son
Edwin E McGehee
Birth: March 1894 26 24Arkansas, United States
Death: December 6, 1918France
2 years
son
2 years
son
Carl Everette McGehee
Birth: July 26, 1898 30 29Grandview, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 28, 1977Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
daughter
Anna Laura McGehee
Birth: September 29, 1900 33 31Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 24, 1992Paris, Logan, Arkansas, United States

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Robert McGehee - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
McGehee, Roberthead48MWFarmerMO
McGehee, Sarahwife34FWKeeping HouseTN
McGehee, Marydaughter16FWAt HomeTX
McGehee, Marthadaughter12FWAt HomeAR
Duncan, Mary Estep daughter11FWAt HomeMO
Duncan, Martha Vstep daughter8FWAt HomeMO
McGehee, Williamson5MWAt HomeMO
McGehee, Tabithadaughter9mFWAt HomeMO
McGehee, Robertson2MWAt HomeMO

Who are Mary E & Martha V - children of Sarah? -b

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Sarah Duncan - Household

Baker, Crawford, Kansas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
McGehee, SarahWF46headWdFarmerTNTNTN
McGehee, AbrahamWM15sonSFarm helpMOMOTN
McGehee, Robert GWM12sonSFarm helpMOMOTN
McGehee, Tabitha CWF10daughterSMOMOTN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Robert Gordon McGehee - Household

Cross, Carroll, Arkansas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
McGehee, RobertheadWMAug186732M15MOTNMOStone Mason
McGehee, HettiewifeWFJul186930M1566ARMOAR
McGehee, MaydaughterWFMay188713SARMOARAt School
McGehee, BertiesonWMJul188912SARMOARAt School
McGehee, LuladaughterWFNov18909SARMOARAt School
McGehee, EdwinsonWMMar18946SARMOARAt School
McGehee, HermansonWMApr18955SARMOAR
McGehee, CarlsonWMJul18972SARMOAR

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Gordon McGehee - Household

Anderson, Benton, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McGehee, Robert GheadMW42M124MOMOMOFarmerGeneral Farm
McGehee, HattiewifeFW40M12497ARTNMO
McGehee, Edwin EsonMW16SARMOARFarm LaborerHome Farm
McGehee, Herman EsonMW15SARMOARFarm LaborerHome Farm
McGehee, Carl EsonMW11SARMOAR
McGehee, AnniedaughterFW8SARMOAR