 Birth | January 10, 1848 26 22 |
 Birth of a brother | Zachariah Taylor McGehee January 10, 1848 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | September 26, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Ralph Haswell after 1850 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Louis McGehee June 15, 1851 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | George W McGehee April 24, 1853 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Shemuel McGehee Sr about 1855 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Jane McGehee June 12, 1856 (Age 8 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | John R McGehee — Eliza Jane Haswell — View this family about 1856 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eliza Jane Haswell after 1856 (Age 7 years) Note: She died after the birth of her daughter in 1856. Need to find an actual death record |
| Marriage of a parent | Shemuel “Shem” McGehee Jr — Dilly Freeman — View this family February 8, 1858 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Shemuel J McGehee January 25, 1859 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | September 14, 1860 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 18 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 18 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 20 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 29 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Bridges December 1879 (Age 31 years) |
| Probate | between 1881 and 1883 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a brother | George W McGehee December 24, 1892 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a father | Shemuel “Shem” McGehee Jr June 2, 1897 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
| Death of a half-brother | Shemuel J McGehee June 25, 1901 (Age 53 years) |
 Death | December 15, 1911 (Age 63 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Popes Chapel United Church of Christ #1 Cemetery |