The Shemwell Family

Barbara Caroline CobleAge: 84 years18361921

Name
Barbara Caroline Coble
Given names
Barbara Caroline
Surname
Coble
Married name
Barbara Caroline Magee
Birth December 19, 1836
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 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 30 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 30 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 32 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 41 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageLewis Pinkney MageeView this family
January 10, 1881 (Age 44 years)
Note: "...Caroline married Lewis P. MaGee Jan. 10, 1881 and is probably buried beside him...."
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 61 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 6, 1900 (Age 63 years)
Death of a husbandLewis Pinkney Magee
June 22, 1900 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 79 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 80 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 81 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 19, 1921 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hickory Grove Cemetery
Family with Lewis Pinkney Magee - View this family
husband
herself
Barbara Caroline Coble
Birth: December 19, 1836Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 19, 1921Brighton, Polk, Missouri, United States
Marriage: January 10, 1881Missouri, United States
Lewis Pinkney Magee + Mary Ann Wasner - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: February 19, 1856Greene, Missouri, United States
22 months
step-son
4 years
step-daughter
Melissa Jane Magee
Birth: August 27, 1860 27 18Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: November 13, 1894Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Nancy Frances Magee
Birth: May 1863 30 21Missouri, United States
Death: April 1947Missouri, United States
5 years
step-daughter
Laura I Magee
Birth: December 25, 1867 34 25Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: April 9, 1919Greene, Missouri, United States
3 years
step-son
Jasper Aaron Magee
Birth: June 5, 1871 38 29Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: November 12, 1957Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Lewis Pinkney Magee + Mary Ann Woodward - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Mary Ann Woodward
Birth: June 30, 1830Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 10, 1879Polk, Missouri, United States
Marriage: January 1, 1872Polk, Missouri, United States

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Marriage
"...Caroline married Lewis P. MaGee Jan. 10, 1881 and is probably buried beside him...." Taken from Findagrave Website at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91758749/barbara-caroline-magee
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Pinkney Magee - Household

Looney, Polk, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Magee, Lewis PheadWMMar183367M19TNGAGA
Magee, Barbara CwifeWFDec183465M1911NCNCNC