Irene Huntingdon McGeheeAge: 70 years1865–1936
- Name
- Irene Huntingdon McGehee
- Given names
- Irene Huntingdon
- Surname
- McGehee
 Birth | October 20, 1865 38 24 |
 Birth of a brother | Richard Albert McGehee July 4, 1867 (Age 20 months) |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 14 months)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 14 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Benjamin Franklin McGehee Sr about 1869 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Martha Venable “Mattie” McGehee about 1872 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sallie Foy McGehee February 3, 1874 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy “Nannie” McGehee November 10, 1875 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Elizabeth McGehee June 18, 1878 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 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 paternal grandmother | Martha S Venable January 7, 1879 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Dr John Webster McGehee June 28, 1880 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Webster July 24, 1880 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry James McGehee July 7, 1881 (Age 15 years) |
| Probate | 1884 (Age 18 years) Note: 9 minor children of Henry/Mary are documented in this source |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 brother | Richard Albert McGehee December 3, 1906 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Venable “Mattie” McGehee about 1910 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Franklin McGehee Sr about 1915 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 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 52 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 of a brother | Henry Webster McGehee September 8, 1919 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy “Nannie” McGehee August 13, 1921 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 | June 30, 1936 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Burial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry James McGehee Birth: February 13, 1827 29 26 — Prince Edward, Virginia, United States Death: July 7, 1881 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Webster Birth: May 30, 1841 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: July 24, 1880 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: November 24, 1862 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Henry Webster McGehee Birth: September 16, 1864 37 23 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: September 8, 1919 — South Carolina, United States |
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13 months herself |
Irene Huntingdon McGehee Birth: October 20, 1865 38 24 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: June 30, 1936 — Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
Richard Albert McGehee Birth: July 4, 1867 40 26 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: December 3, 1906 — North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Benjamin Franklin McGehee Sr Birth: about 1869 41 27 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1915 |
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4 years younger sister |
Martha Venable “Mattie” McGehee Birth: about 1872 44 30 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1910 |
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2 years younger sister |
Sallie Foy McGehee Birth: February 3, 1874 46 32 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: February 2, 1948 — Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Nancy “Nannie” McGehee Birth: November 10, 1875 48 34 — Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: August 13, 1921 — Roanoke, Virginia, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary Elizabeth McGehee Birth: June 18, 1878 51 37 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: August 13, 1939 — Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Dr John Webster McGehee Birth: June 28, 1880 53 39 — Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States Death: September 23, 1941 — Reidsville, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States |
Irene Huntingdon McGehee has 1 first cousin recorded
Father's family (1)
Parents Nathan Micajah McGehee + Margaret E “Maggie” Stockton
Mother's family (0)
| Probate | 9 minor children of Henry/Mary are documented in this source |