Sarah Elizabeth JonesAge: 97 years1866–1963
- Name
- Sarah Elizabeth Jones
- Given names
- Sarah Elizabeth
- Surname
- Jones
- Married name
- Sarah Elizabeth McGehee
 Birth | 1866 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 months)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 12 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Joseph Richard McGehee — View this family 1882 (Age 16 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Jessie William McGehee July 19, 1883 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Ann McGehee October 30, 1885 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Susan B McGehee about April 1888 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Effie I McGehee about February 1891 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Joseph Eugene McGehee November 28, 1893 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | James Samuel McGehee 1896 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 #7 | Margie Elizabeth McGehee June 21, 1900 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Alice A McGehee about 1903 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Nettie Faye McGehee March 5, 1906 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Alma Vay McGehee April 29, 1910 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 husband | Joseph Richard McGehee 1918 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 52 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 child | Jessie Preston Watts — Margie Elizabeth McGehee — View this family about 1921 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Hazel Mae Watts September 26, 1922 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 daughter | Mary Ann McGehee March 1, 1940 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 84 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 |
| Death of a son | James Samuel McGehee 1955 (Age 89 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 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 |
 Death | 1963 (Age 97 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Neeley Cemetery |
| Family with Joseph Richard McGehee |
| husband |
Joseph Richard McGehee Birth: October 1859 34 32 — Texas, United States Death: 1918 — Texas, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Elizabeth Jones Birth: 1866 — Texas, United States Death: 1963 |
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Marriage: 1882 — Texas, United States |
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19 months son |
Jessie William McGehee Birth: July 19, 1883 23 17 — Rusk, Texas, United States Death: November 10, 1966 — Dallas, Texas, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Ann McGehee Birth: October 30, 1885 26 19 — Texas, United States Death: March 1, 1940 — Pone, Rusk, Texas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Susan B McGehee Birth: about April 1888 28 22 — Texas, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Effie I McGehee Birth: about February 1891 31 25 — Texas, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Joseph Eugene McGehee Birth: November 28, 1893 34 27 — Rusk, Texas, United States Death: November 16, 1968 — Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
James Samuel McGehee Birth: 1896 36 30 Death: 1955 |
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5 years daughter |
Margie Elizabeth McGehee Birth: June 21, 1900 40 34 — Texas, United States Death: January 5, 1983 — Texas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Alice A McGehee Birth: about 1903 43 37 — Texas, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Nettie Faye McGehee Birth: March 5, 1906 46 40 Death: February 21, 1988 — Henderson, Rusk, Texas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Alma Vay McGehee Birth: April 29, 1910 50 44 Death: January 6, 2001 — Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States |