April Matilda MegeeAge: 73 years1866–1940
- Name
- April Matilda Megee
- Given names
- April Matilda
- Surname
- Megee
 Birth | March 30, 1866 39 28 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy J Megee about 1867 (Age 9 months) |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 9 months)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 9 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Stephen Jackson Megee about 1870 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | August 25, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Ritta Ann “Ritter” White after 1870 (Age 3 years) Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Almira Megee about 1872 (Age 5 years) Note: Birth date/place based on 1880 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Mollie Megee about 1874 (Age 7 years) Note: Birth date/place based on 1880 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Percilla Caroline Megee February 12, 1875 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | Ervin Wright “Rite” Megee February 24, 1879 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 father | William Claude “Bill” Megee after 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a mother | Edith “Eddie” Harris about 1901 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a sister | Percilla Caroline Megee December 9, 1907 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 63 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 brother | Ervin Wright “Rite” Megee November 19, 1935 (Age 69 years) |
 Death | January 10, 1940 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lenna Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Claude “Bill” Megee Birth: May 1826 31 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: after 1900 |
| mother |
Edith “Eddie” Harris Birth: about 1838 — Illinois, United States Death: about 1901 — Franklin, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: June 26, 1865 — Saline, Illinois, United States |
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9 months herself |
April Matilda Megee Birth: March 30, 1866 39 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 10, 1940 — Oklahoma, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Nancy J Megee Birth: about 1867 40 29 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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4 years younger brother |
Stephen Jackson Megee Birth: about 1870 43 32 — Jasper, Ozark, Missouri, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Almira Megee Birth: about 1872 45 34 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Mollie Megee Birth: about 1874 47 36 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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13 months younger sister |
Percilla Caroline Megee Birth: February 12, 1875 48 37 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 9, 1907 — Braden, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Ervin Wright “Rite” Megee Birth: February 24, 1879 52 41 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 19, 1935 — Wilburton, Latimer, Oklahoma, United States |
| Father’s family with Elizabeth Ann Cole |
| father |
William Claude “Bill” Megee Birth: May 1826 31 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: after 1900 |
| step-mother |
Elizabeth Ann Cole Birth: about 1829 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: about 1846 — Mississippi, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
LaVicy J Megee Birth: about 1847 20 18 — Mississippi, United States Death: |
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3 years half-sister |
Ritta Ann Megee Birth: about 1849 22 20 — Mississippi, United States Death: |
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4 years half-sister |
Sarah M Megee Birth: 1852 25 23 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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8 years half-brother |
James D Megee Birth: about 1859 32 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
April Matilda Megee has 48 first cousins recorded
Father's family (48)
Parents Daniel White Megee + Mahala Louisa Dunbar
Parents Daniel White Megee + Martha Jane Hurley
Parents Byram Edward Crownover + Mary Ann “Polly” Megee
Parents Stephen Jackson Megee + Sarah Crownover
Parents James Riley Reynolds + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
Parents John P Crownover + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
Parents John Martin Megee + Francis Emeline Cunningham
Parents Alfred Earls + Melissa Jane Megee
Parents William Jasper Guinn + Rhoda Adeline Megee
Parents Abner Webster Cunningham Sr + Nancy Caroline Megee
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William Claude “Bill” Megee - Household
Jasper, Ozark, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William Claude “Bill” Megee - Household
Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
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