The Shemwell Family

James A Magee1836

Name
James A Magee
Given names
James A
Surname
Magee
Birth about 1836 27 25
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Birth of a sisterNancy Jane Magee
about 1838 (Age 2 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Birth of a sisterRachel Magee
about 1840 (Age 4 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Birth of a sisterCynthia Manerva Magee
November 21, 1840 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Magee
May 23, 1841 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterBathesheba “Bashie” Magee
about 1846 (Age 10 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Birth of a brotherElisha E Magee
about 1847 (Age 11 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 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
Birth of a sisterGemima Louise Magee
1848 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherWiley Hutchen Magee
about 1850 (Age 14 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Census September 10, 1850 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Johns
about 1855 (Age 19 years)
MarriageNancy Jane GrimesView this family
September 17, 1857 (Age 21 years)
MarriageJulia Ann GriggsView this family
about 1858 (Age 22 years)
Note: Marriage year/place based on various Census records and age of children
Birth of a son
#1
Wilson Magee
about 1858 (Age 22 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eliza A Magee
about 1859 (Age 23 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Birth of a son
#3
Elijah A Magee
about 1860 (Age 24 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Census August 1, 1860 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Mary E A Magee
about 1863 (Age 27 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Birth of a son
#5
William A Magee
about 1863 (Age 27 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Death of a brotherElijah Allen Magee
May 9, 1863 (Age 27 years)
Note: Died in the Military Hospital, Catoosa Springs, Georgia
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 25 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 31 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 31 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 33 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 August 9, 1870 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherMary Polly Shepherd
after 1870 (Age 34 years)
Note: Mary is shown in the 1870 Census; but, not beyond that date
Death of a sisterCynthia Manerva Magee
December 15, 1874 (Age 38 years)
Death of a brotherLewis Magee
before 1878 (Age 42 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in his fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Death of a sisterMary Magee
before 1878 (Age 42 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in her fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Death of a sisterNancy Jane Magee
before 1878 (Age 42 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in her fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Death of a sisterRachel Magee
before 1878 (Age 42 years)

Note: Was not mentioned as "Deceased" or married to anyone in her fathers will written on 9/28/1878. She was not in the will at all. The father's will listed living descendants and heirs of his deceased children (assuming they were married or had offspring).
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 42 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Will
Elijah Magee
September 28, 1878 (Age 42 years)
Census June 14, 1880 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherElijah Magee
May 1884 (Age 48 years)
Death of a sisterGemima Louise Magee
June 17, 1889 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 62 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 brotherElisha E Magee
after 1910 (Age 74 years)
Note: Appears on 1910 Census as a Widower living with his father
Death of a brotherWiley Hutchen Magee
August 14, 1913 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 80 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 wifeJulia Ann Griggs
April 2, 1918 (Age 82 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 81 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 82 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 of a brotherThomas Magee
May 5, 1920 (Age 84 years)
Death of a sisterBathesheba “Bashie” Magee
after 1920 (Age 84 years)

Note: Showed as "Living" in 1920 Census
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 93 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 105 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 10, 1827Williamson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
1 year
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Mary Magee
Birth: about 1832 23 21Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1878Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Elijah Allen Magee
Birth: about 1834 25 23Tennessee, United States
Death: May 9, 1863Catoosa Springs, Catoosa, Georgia, United States
3 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
Nancy Jane Magee
Birth: about 1838 29 27Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1878Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Rachel Magee
Birth: about 1840 31 29Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1878
11 months
younger sister
6 months
younger brother
6 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Family with Nancy Jane Grimes - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: September 17, 1857Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Family with Julia Ann Griggs - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1858Tennessee, United States
1 year
son
2 years
daughter
2 years
son
4 years
daughter
1 year
son
Elijah Allen Magee + Nancy Jane Grimes - View this family
elder brother
Elijah Allen Magee
Birth: about 1834 25 23Tennessee, United States
Death: May 9, 1863Catoosa Springs, Catoosa, Georgia, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1858Tennessee, United States
9 months
nephew
James Hugh Magee
Birth: September 1858 24 18Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 28, 1939Pope, Tennessee, United States
2 years
nephew
Cincinnatus Shelton + Nancy Jane Grimes - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: April 21, 1867Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Birth
Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Magee - Household

Perry, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Elijah Mageehead42MWFarmer600TN1
Mary Polly Shepherdwife39FWTN1
William Mageeson21MWTN
Elizabeth Mageedaughter20FWTN
Lewis Mageeson20MWTN1
Mary Mageedaughter18FWTN1
Allen Mageeson16MWTN1
James Hugh Mageeson14MWTN1
Nancy Jane Mageedaughter12FWTN1
Cynthia Minerva Mageedaughter12MWTN1
Rachel Mageedaughter10FWTN1
Thomas Mageeson8MWTN1
Bathesheba Mageedaughter4FWTN
Elisha E Mageeson3MWTN
Gemima Louise Mageedaughter2FWTN

Marriage
Marriage year/place based on various Census records and age of children
Census1860 United States - Census transcript - James A Magee - Household

District 15, Wayne, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
James A Mageehead24MWFarming300TN
Julia Ann Mageewife21FWTN
Wilson Mageeson2MWTN
Eliza A Mageedaughter8/12FWTN

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James A Magee - Household

District 2, Wayne, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Magee, James Ahead34MWLaborerTN
Magee, Julia Awife32FWKeeping HouseTN1
Magee, Eliza Adaughter10FWWorks on FarmTN11
Magee, Mary Edaughter7FWTN
Magee, William Ason5MWTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James A Magee - Household

District 1, Wayne, Tennessee, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Magee, James AWM44headMFarmerTNGATN
Magee, Julia AWF43wifeMKeeps House1TNTNAL
Magee, William AWM15sonSWorks on Farm111TNTNTN