The Shemwell Family

Name
Sarah E Megee
Given names
Sarah E
Surname
Megee
Birth January 21, 1854 31 26
Death of a motherMahala Louisa Dunbar
about 1855 (Age 11 months)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn M Megee
1856 (Age 23 months)
Marriage of a parentDaniel White MegeeMartha Jane HurleyView this family
about 1856 (Age 23 months)
Death of a half-brotherJohn M Megee
December 25, 1856 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a half-brotherThomas Jefferson Megee
September 1, 1858 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Megee
about 1858 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 14, 1860 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDaniel H Megee
about 1861 (Age 6 years)
Death of a half-brotherDaniel H Megee
February 26, 1861 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMartha Jane Megee
about 1863 (Age 8 years)
Address: Birth date/place based on 1870 Census
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 years)

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
Birth of a half-sisterPriscilla Ann Megee
1866 (Age 11 years)
Note: Birth place/date based on 1870 Census
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 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 12 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a half-brotherChristopher Columbus Megee
February 15, 1869 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 14 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherRitta Ann “Ritter” White
after 1870 (Age 15 years)
Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 September 1904 (Age 50 years)

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