The Shemwell Family

Name
William Franklin Megehee
Given names
William Franklin
Surname
Megehee
Birth April 19, 1897 27 14
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 months)
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 29, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Elbert Megehee
July 10, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterBertha Belle Megehee
November 1, 1902 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherDaniel Floyd Megehee
October 4, 1905 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Leander Megehee
August 26, 1907 (Age 10 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherClifford Marion Megehee
April 26, 1912 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterRubye Dorine “Dee” Megehee
May 7, 1915 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#1
Louis Franklin Megehee
March 9, 1917 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRev. William Daniel Ward
October 12, 1918 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 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
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 20 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/
Birth of a son
#2
William Theodure “Ted” Megehee
October 7, 1919 (Age 22 years)
Census February 28, 1920 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
John Joseph Megehee
December 3, 1921 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Edward Megehee
April 27, 1923 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Kenneth Albert Megehee
October 31, 1924 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Anita June Belle Megehee
June 6, 1927 (Age 30 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEvaline Harriet Bell
November 25, 1928 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Reba Dorene Megehee
July 21, 1929 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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
Census April 9, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Carl Ulysses Megehee
May 15, 1931 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Max Lloyd Megehee
November 15, 1933 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Theodure “Ted” MegeheeLaura Lorene EckertView this family
October 29, 1938 (Age 41 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Obadiah “Obe” Megehee
September 29, 1944 (Age 47 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Adeline Whitener
August 24, 1945 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Larry V Wagoner
August 22, 1949 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 sonMax Lloyd Megehee
September 28, 1954 (Age 57 years)

Death of a brotherJesse Leander Megehee
September 29, 1962 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Bruce F Megehee
July 30, 1963 (Age 66 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 November 29, 1965 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
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