Margaret E “Maggie” StocktonAge: 82 years1839–1921
- Name
- Margaret E “Maggie” Stockton
- Given names
- Margaret E
- Surname
- Stockton
- Nickname
- Maggie
- Married name
- Margaret E McGehee
 Birth | February 1, 1839 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 years)Note: 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 |
 Marriage | Nathan Micajah McGehee — View this family October 19, 1858 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Charles V McGehee May 20, 1863 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 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 27 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 27 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 29 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 38 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 husband | Nathan Micajah McGehee about 1888 (Age 48 years) |
| Probate | October 13, 1888 (Age 49 years) Note: This Court Appearance is in response to Maggie McGehee (widow of Nathan) to petition for her yearly support. The Court awarded her $299.95 to support her and her family. |
| Probate | August 27, 1889 (Age 50 years) Note: This Court Appearance is in response to Maggie McGehee (widow of Nathan) case in which she is found liable for $2.05 to pay an attorney. |
| Marriage of a child | Charles V McGehee — Katherine Churchill — View this family November 25, 1891 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 76 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a son | Charles V McGehee July 26, 1917 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 77 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 78 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/ |
 Death | July 11, 1921 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salem Cemetery |
| Family with Nathan Micajah McGehee |
| husband |
Nathan Micajah McGehee Birth: about 1833 35 32 — Virginia, United States Death: about 1888 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Margaret E “Maggie” Stockton Birth: February 1, 1839 — Forsyth, North Carolina, United States Death: July 11, 1921 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: October 19, 1858 — Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years son |
Charles V McGehee Birth: May 20, 1863 30 24 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: July 26, 1917 — New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States |
| Probate | This Court Appearance is in response to Maggie McGehee (widow of Nathan) to petition for her yearly support. The Court awarded her $299.95 to support her and her family. |
| Probate | This Court Appearance is in response to Maggie McGehee (widow of Nathan) case in which she is found liable for $2.05 to pay an attorney. |