The Shemwell Family

Deedah Magee1868

Name
Deedah Magee
Given names
Deedah
Surname
Magee
Birth about 1868 40 22
Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 months)

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 June 1, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Death of a half-sisterJane Almeda Magee
1878 (Age 10 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Magee
1878 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 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 half-brotherJohnathan Bee Magee
March 13, 1884 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 61 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 82 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 78 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 16, 1867Ripley, Missouri, United States
19 months
herself
Father’s family with Jean “Jinny” King - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: February 25, 1846Williamson, Tennessee, United States
22 months
half-sister
Mary Ann Magee
Birth: about 1847 19 28Pennsylvania, United States
Death:
3 years
half-brother
Johnathan Bee Magee
Birth: October 9, 1849 21 30Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: March 13, 1884Ripley, Missouri, United States
2 years
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
W J Magee
Birth: about 1853 25 34Missouri, United States
Death: about 1865Missouri, United States
7 years
half-sister
Jane Almeda Magee
Birth: 1859 31 40Missouri, United States
Death: 1878Missouri, United States

Deedah Magee has 9 first cousins recorded

Birth
Birth year/place based on 1870 Census
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William Magee - Household

Ripley, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Magee, Williamhead42MWFarmer1500500TN
Magee, Mary Wwife24FWHousewifeMO11
Magee, J Fson19MWMO
Magee, Deedahdaughter2FWMO