Melissa Jane Megee1836–
- Name
- Melissa Jane Megee
- Given names
- Melissa Jane
- Surname
- Megee
- Also known as
- Melissa Jane McGee
- Married name
- Melissa Jane Earls
 Birth | about 1836 41 35 |
 Birth of a sister | Rhoda Adeline Megee June 7, 1839 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Caroline Megee November 21, 1841 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Andrew Carlos Megee about 1844 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | November 21, 1850 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Johns about 1855 (Age 19 years) |
 Marriage | Alfred Earls — View this family about 1857 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann “Polly” Megee about 1857 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Nancy Caroline Earls about 1858 (Age 22 years) Note: Birth place/date based on 1870 Census |
| Death of a father | John Megee about 1858 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Stephen Earls about 1859 (Age 23 years) Note: Birth place/date based on 1870 Census |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Rita Ann Earls March 12, 1861 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Sara Frances Earls May 11, 1862 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 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 daughter #5 | Martha J Earls about 1866 (Age 30 years) Note: Birth place/date based on 1870 Census |
| Death of a husband | Alfred Earls August 22, 1867 (Age 31 years) Associate: Melissa Jane Megee
Associate: John Stephen Earls
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| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 31 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 31 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Death | Alfred Earls August 22, 1867 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 33 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 |
| Census | July 5, 1870 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ritta Ann “Ritter” White after 1870 (Age 34 years) Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 42 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | William Burton Solomon Brewer — Sara Frances Earls — View this family about 1879 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 62 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 5, 1900 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Claude “Bill” Megee after 1900 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | Daniel White Megee July 18, 1914 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a brother | Stephen Jackson Megee March 2, 1915 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 80 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Martha E “Patsy” Megee 1917 (Age 81 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 81 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 82 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 sister | Rhoda Adeline Megee April 25, 1923 (Age 87 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 93 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 sister | Nancy Caroline Megee May 2, 1930 (Age 94 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 105 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Megee Birth: about 1795 28 28 — Georgia, United States Death: about 1858 — Marion, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Ritta Ann “Ritter” White Birth: September 17, 1800 — Elbert, Georgia, United States Death: after 1870 — Marion, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: August 15, 1822 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States |
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| elder brother |
Daniel White Megee Birth: August 24, 1822 27 21 — Monroe, Mississippi, United States Death: July 18, 1914 — Isabella, Ozark, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Ann “Polly” Megee Birth: about 1825 30 24 — Tennessee, United States Death: about 1857 |
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17 months elder brother |
William Claude “Bill” Megee Birth: May 1826 31 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: after 1900 |
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22 months elder brother |
Stephen Jackson Megee Birth: February 28, 1828 33 27 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: March 2, 1915 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Martha E “Patsy” Megee Birth: June 1832 37 31 Death: 1917 — Arkansas, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
John Martin Megee Birth: about 1834 39 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Melissa Jane Megee Birth: about 1836 41 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Rhoda Adeline Megee Birth: June 7, 1839 44 38 — Marshall, Mississippi, United States Death: April 25, 1923 — Paden, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Nancy Caroline Megee Birth: November 21, 1841 46 41 — Marshall, Mississippi, United States Death: May 2, 1930 — Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Andrew Carlos Megee Birth: about 1844 49 43 — Mississippi, United States Death: |
| Family with Alfred Earls |
| husband |
Alfred Earls Birth: about 1838 — Missouri, United States Death: August 22, 1867 |
| herself |
Melissa Jane Megee Birth: about 1836 41 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: about 1857 — |
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2 years daughter |
Nancy Caroline Earls Birth: about 1858 20 22 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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2 years son |
John Stephen Earls Birth: about 1859 21 23 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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2 years daughter |
Rita Ann Earls Birth: March 12, 1861 23 25 — Jackson, Arkansas, United States Death: December 7, 1948 — Eufaula, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Sara Frances Earls Birth: May 11, 1862 24 26 — Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States Death: October 2, 1948 — Muldrow, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Martha J Earls Birth: about 1866 28 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - John Megee - Household
Marshall, Mississippi, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Melissa Jane Megee - Household
Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Burton Solomon Brewer - Household
Baxter, Arkansas, United States
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