The Shemwell Family

Pearl T McGehee1879

Name
Pearl T McGehee
Given names
Pearl T
Surname
McGehee
Also known as
Purl T McGehee
Birth 1879 20 18
Death of a paternal grandmotherJuliet Ann Pendleton
July 1879
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterEffie Ann McGehee
June 26, 1885 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a brotherJohn Thomas McGehee
March 7, 1889 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Curtis McGehee
March 1892 (Age 13 years)
Death of a fatherCharles James McGehee
October 3, 1893 (Age 14 years)
Marriage of a parentJames T BryantAnn Eliza BlakeView this family
about 1895 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherMelvin Bryant
August 6, 1897 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 paternal grandfatherJohn Carlton McGehee
August 28, 1907 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 50 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 brotherJohn Thomas McGehee
November 7, 1947 (Age 68 years)
Note: Intestinal Cancer
Death of a motherAnn Eliza Blake
July 13, 1948 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sisterEffie Ann McGehee
December 31, 1959 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Curtis McGehee
October 24, 1963 (Age 84 years)
Death of a half-brotherMelvin Bryant
April 17, 1972 (Age 93 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 5, 1876Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
herself
7 years
younger sister
Effie Ann McGehee
Birth: June 26, 1885 27 25
Death: December 31, 1959Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Charles Curtis McGehee
Birth: March 1892 33 31Virginia, United States
Death: October 24, 1963Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Mother’s family with James T Bryant - View this family
step-father
James T Bryant
Birth: May 1872Kentucky, United States
Death: March 29, 1954Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1895Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-brother

Pearl T McGehee has 8 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Charles James McGehee - Household

Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
McGehee, Charles JWM20headMFarmingNNKY
Blake, Ann EWF20wifeMKeeping HouseNNKY
McGehee, Purl TWF1daughterSKYKYKY