Martha Jane MegeeAge: 91 years1860–1952
- Name
- Martha Jane Megee
- Given names
- Martha Jane
- Surname
- Megee
 Birth | October 17, 1860 32 30 |
 Birth of a brother | Miles Franklin “Bud” Megee April 12, 1863 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 months)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 brother | Lemuel Logan Megee November 16, 1865 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 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 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | James Luther Megee April 17, 1868 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 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 27, 1870 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Ritta Ann “Ritter” White after 1870 (Age 9 years) Note: She was last listed in the 1870 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Ritta Rittie Ann Megee July 7, 1873 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Marion Gene Megee December 17, 1873 (Age 13 years) Note: See Findagrave Biography that is documented on his father's Burial record. |
| Birth of a brother | George Washington Megee October 11, 1874 (Age 13 years) Note: See Findagrave Biography that is documented on his father's Burial record. |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 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 brother | Marion Gene Megee before 1880 (Age 19 years) Note: This child was born in 1873 (as per her father's gravesite biography); but, did not show up in the 1880 Census with her siblings or any other relative. |
| Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Crownover 1883 (Age 22 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Stephen Jackson Megee — Elizabeth Collis — View this family about 1884 (Age 23 years) Note: Marriage date based on her reporting 16yrs of marriage in 1900 Census |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 brother | Byron Maston Megee 1904 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lemuel Logan Megee 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Luther Megee April 9, 1914 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a father | Stephen Jackson Megee March 2, 1915 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 brother | Alexander Brown Megee March 12, 1917 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Daniel Megee April 13, 1917 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a brother | Miles Franklin “Bud” Megee February 25, 1918 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 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 57 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 68 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 sibling | William L Megee 1935 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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 89 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 85 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 |
 Death | February 10, 1952 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Stephen Jackson Megee Birth: February 28, 1828 33 27 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: March 2, 1915 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Crownover Birth: October 23, 1829 — Marion, Arkansas, United States Death: 1883 — Van Buren, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 9, 1848 — Marshall, Mississippi, United States |
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23 months elder sibling |
William L Megee Birth: about 1849 20 19 — Marshall, Mississippi, United States Death: 1935 — Van Buren, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Mary Elizabeth Megee Birth: about 1853 24 23 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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1 year elder brother |
Byron Maston Megee Birth: January 1, 1854 25 24 — Whiteville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States Death: 1904 — Lenna, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States |
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16 months elder brother |
Alexander Brown Megee Birth: April 23, 1855 27 25 — Marion, Arkansas, United States Death: March 12, 1917 — Baxter, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
John Daniel Megee Birth: March 30, 1858 30 28 — Marion, Arkansas, United States Death: April 13, 1917 — Bengal, Latimer, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years herself |
Martha Jane Megee Birth: October 17, 1860 32 30 — Whiteville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States Death: February 10, 1952 — Heavener, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Miles Franklin “Bud” Megee Birth: April 12, 1863 35 33 — Illinois, United States Death: February 25, 1918 — Wister, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Lemuel Logan Megee Birth: November 16, 1865 37 36 — Marion, Arkansas, United States Death: 1910 — Van Buren, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
James Luther Megee Birth: April 17, 1868 40 38 — Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States Death: April 9, 1914 — Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Ritta Rittie Ann Megee Birth: July 7, 1873 45 43 — Whiteville, Baxter, Arkansas, United States Death: 1957 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States |
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5 months younger brother |
Marion Gene Megee Birth: December 17, 1873 45 44 — Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States Death: before 1880 — Arkansas, United States |
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10 months younger brother |
George Washington Megee Birth: October 11, 1874 46 44 — Whiteville, Marion, Arkansas, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Elizabeth Collis |
| father |
Stephen Jackson Megee Birth: February 28, 1828 33 27 — Williamson, Tennessee, United States Death: March 2, 1915 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| step-mother |
Elizabeth Collis Birth: October 1837 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 3, 1905 — Baxter, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1884 — |
Martha Jane Megee has 47 first cousins recorded
Father's family (47)
Parents Daniel White Megee + Mahala Louisa Dunbar
Parents Daniel White Megee + Martha Jane Hurley
Parents Byram Edward Crownover + Mary Ann “Polly” Megee
Parents William Claude “Bill” Megee + Elizabeth Ann Cole
Parents William Claude “Bill” Megee + Edith “Eddie” Harris
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 - Stephen Jackson Megee - Household
Independence, Marion, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Stephen Jackson Megee - Household
Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
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