The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Mildred JeffreysAge: 30 years17951825

Name
Elizabeth Mildred Jeffreys
Given names
Elizabeth Mildred
Surname
Jeffreys
Married name
Elizabeth Mildred McGehee
Birth March 31, 1795
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 7 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
MarriageThomas Mumford McGeheeView this family
December 7, 1812 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 16 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death August 17, 1825 (Age 30 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McGehee Cemetery
Family with Thomas Mumford McGehee - View this family
husband
Thomas Mumford McGehee
Birth: January 28, 1784 39 40Person, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 1, 1867Alabama, United States
herself
Elizabeth Mildred Jeffreys
Birth: March 31, 1795North Carolina, United States
Death: August 17, 1825North Carolina, United States
Marriage: December 7, 1812Caswell, North Carolina, United States