The Shemwell Family

Katherine ChurchillAge: 61 years18691931

Name
Katherine Churchill
Given names
Katherine
Surname
Churchill
Married name
Katherine McGehee
Birth December 18, 1869
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCharles V McGeheeView this family
November 25, 1891 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 46 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 husbandCharles V McGehee
July 26, 1917 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 47 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 48 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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 August 28, 1931 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery
Family with Charles V McGehee - View this family
husband
Charles V McGehee
Birth: May 20, 1863 30 24Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 26, 1917New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States
herself
Katherine Churchill
Birth: December 18, 1869New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 28, 1931New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: November 25, 1891Craven, North Carolina, United States

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