The Shemwell Family

Sallie Foy McGeheeAge: 73 years18741948

Name
Sallie Foy McGehee
Given names
Sallie Foy
Surname
McGehee
Birth February 3, 1874 46 32
Birth of a sisterNancy “Nannie” McGehee
November 10, 1875 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a sisterMary Elizabeth McGehee
June 18, 1878 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 grandmotherMartha S Venable
January 7, 1879 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherDr John Webster McGehee
June 28, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Death of a motherMary Elizabeth Webster
July 24, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherHenry James McGehee
July 7, 1881 (Age 7 years)
Probate 1884 (Age 9 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 24 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 brotherRichard Albert McGehee
December 3, 1906 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Venable “Mattie” McGehee
about 1910 (Age 35 years)

Death of a brotherBenjamin Franklin McGehee Sr
about 1915 (Age 40 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 brotherHenry Webster McGehee
September 8, 1919 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sisterNancy “Nannie” McGehee
August 13, 1921 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 of a sisterIrene Huntingdon McGehee
June 30, 1936 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sisterMary Elizabeth McGehee
August 13, 1939 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherDr John Webster McGehee
September 23, 1941 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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 February 2, 1948 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Burial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: November 24, 1862Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder brother
Henry Webster McGehee
Birth: September 16, 1864 37 23Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 8, 1919South Carolina, United States
13 months
elder sister
Irene Huntingdon McGehee
Birth: October 20, 1865 38 24Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 30, 1936Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
20 months
elder brother
Richard Albert McGehee
Birth: July 4, 1867 40 26Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 3, 1906North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
Martha Venable “Mattie” McGehee
Birth: about 1872 44 30Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1910
2 years
herself
Sallie Foy McGehee
Birth: February 3, 1874 46 32Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 2, 1948Roanoke, Virginia, United States
21 months
younger sister
Nancy “Nannie” McGehee
Birth: November 10, 1875 48 34Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 13, 1921Roanoke, Virginia, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Elizabeth McGehee
Birth: June 18, 1878 51 37Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 13, 1939Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Dr John Webster McGehee
Birth: June 28, 1880 53 39Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 23, 1941Reidsville, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States

Probate
9 minor children of Henry/Mary are documented in this source