The Shemwell Family

Ervin Wright “Rite” MegeeAge: 56 years18791935

Name
Ervin Wright “Rite” Megee
Given names
Ervin Wright
Surname
Megee
Nickname
Rite
Birth February 24, 1879 52 41
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 13, 1900 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Claude “Bill” Megee
after 1900 (Age 20 years)

Death of a motherEdith “Eddie” Harris
about 1901 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sisterPercilla Caroline Megee
December 9, 1907 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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 50 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 November 19, 1935 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Centerpoint Cemetery
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
elder sister
13 months
elder sister
Percilla Caroline Megee
Birth: February 12, 1875 48 37Arkansas, United States
Death: December 9, 1907Braden, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
himself
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

Ervin Wright “Rite” 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)

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

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Claude “Bill” Megee - Household

Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Megee, William CheadWMMay182674M35TNGATNFarm Laborer0NoNoYes
Megee, EdithwifeWFOct183861M3577ILGAKYNoNoYes
Megee, Ervin WsonWMFeb187921SARTNILFarm Laborer0YesYesYes