Rhoda Adeline MegeeAge: 83 years1839–1923
- Name
- Rhoda Adeline Megee
- Given names
- Rhoda Adeline
- Surname
- Megee
- Also known as
- Rhoda Adeline McGee
- Married name
- Rhoda Adeline Guinn
 Birth | June 7, 1839 44 38 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy Caroline Megee November 21, 1841 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Andrew Carlos Megee about 1844 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 6 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 11 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Johns about 1855 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann “Polly” Megee about 1857 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a father | John Megee about 1858 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 17 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 26, 1860 (Age 21 years) |
 Marriage | William Jasper Guinn — View this family about 1862 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | William Marion Guinn December 17, 1863 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 27 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 27 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 29 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 31 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ritta Ann “Ritter” White after 1870 (Age 30 years) Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 38 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a husband | William Jasper Guinn about 1880 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 58 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 4, 1900 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Claude “Bill” Megee after 1900 (Age 60 years) |
| Census | April 24, 1910 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a brother | Daniel White Megee July 18, 1914 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a brother | Stephen Jackson Megee March 2, 1915 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 76 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 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 77 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 78 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 | April 25, 1923 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakdale Cemetery |
| 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 elder sister |
Melissa Jane Megee Birth: about 1836 41 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
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 William Jasper Guinn |
| husband |
William Jasper Guinn Birth: about 1843 — Tennessee, United States Death: about 1880 — Texas, United States |
| herself |
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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Marriage: about 1862 — Saline, Illinois, United States |
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23 months son |
William Marion Guinn Birth: December 17, 1863 20 24 — Saline, Illinois, United States Death: December 27, 1949 — Paden, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States |
Rhoda Adeline Megee has 25 first cousins recorded
Father's family (25)
Parents Lewis Magee + Rhoda “Rody” Beard
Parents Rev Isaac Robinson + Nancy McGee
Parents Elijah Magee + Mary Polly Shepherd
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - John Megee - Household
Marshall, Mississippi, United States
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Ritta Ann “Ritter” White - Household
Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1870 Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas - James Callice - Household
Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Rhoda Adeline Megee - Household
Whiteville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Marion Guinn - Household
Whiteville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Marion Guinn - Household
Whiteville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
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