The Shemwell Family

Mollie Megee1874

Name
Mollie Megee
Given names
Mollie
Surname
Megee
Birth about 1874 47 36
Note: Birth date/place based on 1880 Census
Birth of a sisterPercilla Caroline Megee
February 12, 1875 (Age 13 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 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 brotherErvin Wright “Rite” Megee
February 24, 1879 (Age 5 years)
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 fatherWilliam Claude “Bill” Megee
after 1900 (Age 26 years)

Death of a motherEdith “Eddie” Harris
about 1901 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sisterPercilla Caroline Megee
December 9, 1907 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 55 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 brotherErvin Wright “Rite” Megee
November 19, 1935 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sisterApril Matilda Megee
January 10, 1940 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 76 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 26, 1865Saline, Illinois, United States
9 months
elder sister
April Matilda Megee
Birth: March 30, 1866 39 28Arkansas, United States
Death: January 10, 1940Oklahoma, United States
21 months
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
Stephen Jackson Megee
Birth: about 1870 43 32Jasper, Ozark, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
3 years
herself
13 months
younger sister
Percilla Caroline Megee
Birth: February 12, 1875 48 37Arkansas, United States
Death: December 9, 1907Braden, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
younger brother
Ervin Wright “Rite” Megee
Birth: February 24, 1879 52 41Arkansas, United States
Death: November 19, 1935Wilburton, Latimer, Oklahoma, United States
Father’s family with Elizabeth Ann Cole - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1846Mississippi, United States
2 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
4 years
half-sister
8 years
half-brother

Mollie Megee has 48 first cousins recorded

Father's family (48)

Parents Daniel White Megee + Mahala Louisa Dunbar
2Sarah E Megee18541904
Parents Daniel White Megee + Martha Jane Hurley
1John M Megee18561856
3Daniel H Megee18611861
Parents Byram Edward Crownover + Mary Ann “Polly” Megee
5John C Crownover18571917
Parents Stephen Jackson Megee + Sarah Crownover
1William L Megee18491935
3Byron Maston Megee18541904
5John Daniel Megee18581917
6Martha Jane Megee18601952
8Lemuel Logan Megee18651910
9James Luther Megee18681914
11Marion Gene Megee18731880
Parents James Riley Reynolds + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
Parents John P Crownover + Martha E “Patsy” Megee
Parents John Martin Megee + Francis Emeline Cunningham
1Mary Jane Megee18561917
Parents Alfred Earls + Melissa Jane Megee
3Rita Ann Earls18611948
4Sara Frances Earls18621948
Parents William Jasper Guinn + Rhoda Adeline Megee
Parents Abner Webster Cunningham Sr + Nancy Caroline Megee

Mother's family (0)

Birth
Birth date/place based on 1880 Census
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Claude “Bill” Megee - Household

Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Megee, William CWM54headMFarmer11TNTNTN
Megee, EdithWF45wifeM11ILTNTN
Megee, April MWF14daughterSAt Home11ARTNIL
Megee, Nancy JWF12daughterSAt Home11ARTNIL
Megee, Stephen JWM10sonSMOTNIL
Megee, AlmiraWF8daughterSARTNIL
Megee, MollieWF6daughterSARTNIL
Megee, Percilla CWF4daughterSARTNIL
Megee, Ervin WWM1sonSARTNIL