The Shemwell Family

Name
Ann Eliza Blake
Given names
Ann Eliza
Surname
Blake
Married name
Ann Eliza McGehee
Married name
Ann Eliza Bryant
Birth April 12, 1860
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 months)

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 6 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 6 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 8 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
MarriageCharles James McGeheeView this family
December 5, 1876 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#1
Pearl T McGehee
1879 (Age 18 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Effie Ann McGehee
June 26, 1885 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a son
#3
John Thomas McGehee
March 7, 1889 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Charles Curtis McGehee
March 1892 (Age 31 years)
Death of a husbandCharles James McGehee
October 3, 1893 (Age 33 years)
MarriageJames T BryantView this family
about 1895 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Melvin Bryant
August 6, 1897 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Thomas McGeheePearl Irene SheltonView this family
October 14, 1906 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Juanita McGehee
October 25, 1907 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Flossie Ann McGehee
May 17, 1909 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Earl Thomas McGehee
June 3, 1912 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Ruby Jane McGehee
September 1, 1913 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childMelvin BryantBeddie Hazel HodgeView this family
March 23, 1915 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Hazel Ann Bryant
August 15, 1916 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 granddaughter
#6
Marjorie McGehee
April 25, 1917 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Lorene Bryant
December 16, 1917 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 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 57 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 grandson
#8
William Henry McGehee
September 29, 1919 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Louise Bryant
about 1919 (Age 58 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Frank “Frankie” Bryant
about 1921 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
May Marie Bryant
February 19, 1925 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Virginia Christine McGehee
February 18, 1926 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 69 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
Birth of a grandson
#13
Lois Ray McGehee
about 1931 (Age 70 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14
James E Bryant
about 1938 (Age 77 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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
Death of a sonJohn Thomas McGehee
November 7, 1947 (Age 87 years)
Note: Intestinal Cancer
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 85 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 July 13, 1948 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Slaughter Cemetery
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