The Shemwell Family

Thomas McGehee JrAge: 74 years17601834

Name
Thomas McGehee Jr
Given names
Thomas
Surname
McGehee
Name suffix
Jr
Birth 1760 27 20
Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 15 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth McCullough
about 1777 (Age 17 years)
Death of a fatherThomas McGehee Sr
1777 (Age 17 years)
Death of a motherMary Hall
October 12, 1777 (Age 17 years)

Military
Thomas McGehee Revolutionary War Roster May 28 1781
May 28, 1781 (Age 21 years)
Military
Thomas McGehee Revolutionary War Pay Voucher August 2 1782
August 2, 1782 (Age 22 years)
Military
Thomas McGehee Revolutionary War Pay Voucher October 1783
October 1783 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 15 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Military
Thomas McGehee Revolutionary War Pay Voucher September 23 1784
September 23, 1784 (Age 24 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam McGehee Jr
March 20, 1796 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 33 years)
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 43 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
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 52 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
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 72 years)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Death May 17, 1834 (Age 74 years)
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father
Thomas McGehee Sr
Birth: 1733 30 24Hanover, Virginia, United States
Death: 1777Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
mother
Marriage: August 14, 1756Hanover, Virginia, United States
4 years
himself
Thomas McGehee Jr
Birth: 1760 27 20Orange, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 17, 1834Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

Thomas McGehee Jr has 8 first cousins recorded