The Shemwell Family

Jesse Edgar MegeeAge: 74 years19111985

Name
Jesse Edgar Megee
Given names
Jesse Edgar
Surname
Megee
Birth April 5, 1911 39 42
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRobert Frank Shaw
May 12, 1921 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Washington Megee
April 22, 1922 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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
Census April 1930 (Age 18 years)
Death of a motherMary Elizabeth “Nancy” Shaw
October 8, 1942 (Age 31 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Catherine Futrell
March 25, 1944 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 fatherJames Thomas Megee
May 5, 1955 (Age 44 years)
Death of a sisterDaisy Adeline Megee
December 10, 1967 (Age 56 years)
Death of a sisterMeta Morvella “Mettie” Megee
August 21, 1970 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherWiley Buchanan Megee Sr
September 25, 1975 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 of a brotherCharles Monroe Megee
February 26, 1977 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Alonzo Megee
October 13, 1978 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterLester Mae Megee
February 1984 (Age 72 years)
Death September 20, 1985 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Longwood Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: January 8, 1891Ozark, Missouri, United States
10 months
elder brother
Charles Monroe Megee
Birth: November 8, 1891 20 23Lutie, Ozark, Missouri, United States
Death: February 26, 1977Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
14 months
elder brother
John Alonzo Megee
Birth: January 21, 1893 21 24Hamilton, Texas, United States
Death: October 13, 1978Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
elder brother
Wiley Buchanan Megee Sr
Birth: January 12, 1895 23 26Missouri, United States
Death: September 25, 1975Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
21 months
elder sister
Bertha Jane Megee
Birth: October 22, 1896 25 28Ellis, Texas, United States
Death: November 9, 1989Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
elder brother
William Robert Megee
Birth: December 15, 1898 27 30Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 11, 1994Oklahoma, United States
2 years
elder sister
Meta Morvella “Mettie” Megee
Birth: April 7, 1901 29 32Missouri, United States
Death: August 21, 1970Oklahoma, United States
23 months
elder sister
Lester Mae Megee
Birth: March 1, 1903 31 34Missouri, United States
Death: February 1984Newkirk, Kay, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
elder sister
Martha Viola Megee
Birth: March 22, 1905 33 36Missouri, United States
Death: July 18, 1989Ohio, United States
15 months
elder brother
George Washington Megee
Birth: June 14, 1906 34 38Ozark, Missouri, United States
Death: July 28, 1986Amarillo, Randall, Texas, United States
23 months
elder sister
Daisy Adeline Megee
Birth: May 3, 1908 36 40Chandler, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 10, 1967Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
himself
Jesse Edgar Megee
Birth: April 5, 1911 39 42Chandler, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 20, 1985Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Magee - Household

North Fox, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shaw, Robert Ffather-in-lawMW80MYesYesTNUSUSYesNone
Shaw, Nancy Jmother-in-lawFW65MYesYesUSUSUSYesNone
McGee, James TheadRMW48MYesYesMOMSTNYesFarmerGeneral FarmingOA
McGee, Mary EwifeFW52MYesYesALTNUSYesHouse Wife
McGee, John AsonMW26SYesYesTXMOALYesLaborerFarmW
McGee, Bertha AdaughterFW22SYesYesTXMOALYesLaborerFarm
McGee, Lester MaydaughterFW16SYesYesYesMOMOALYesNone
McGee, Martha VdaughterFW14SYesYesYesMOMOALYesNone
McGee, George WsonMW13SYesYesYesMOMOALYesNone
McGee, DaisydaughterFW10SYesYesYesALMOALYesNone
McGee, JessiesonMW8SYesYesYesALMOALYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Megee - Household

Long, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Megee, James TheadRYesMW58M19NoYesMOMSTNYesFarmGeneral FarmOYesNo
Magee, Mary EwifeFW62M23NoYesALMOALYesNone
Megee, John AsonMW37SNoYesTXMOALYesLaborerGeneral FarmWYesYesWW
Megee, Jesse EsonMW19SNoYesOKMOALYesLaborerWYes
Megee, George WsonMW23SNoYesMOMOALYesNone