The Shemwell Family

Thomas MageeAge: 78 years18411920

Name
Thomas Magee
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Magee
Birth May 23, 1841 32 30
Birth of a sisterBathesheba “Bashie” Magee
about 1846 (Age 4 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Birth of a brotherElisha E Magee
about 1847 (Age 5 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWiley Hutchen Magee
about 1850 (Age 8 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Census September 10, 1850 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Johns
about 1855 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 21, 1860 (Age 19 years)
MarriageLear CrossnoView this family
about 1861 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Gilam Magee
July 24, 1862 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherElijah Allen Magee
May 9, 1863 (Age 21 years)
Note: Died in the Military Hospital, Catoosa Springs, Georgia
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 25 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 25 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 27 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 23, 1870 (Age 29 years)
Death of a motherMary Polly Shepherd
after 1870 (Age 28 years)
Note: Mary is shown in the 1870 Census; but, not beyond that date
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eliza Catherine Magee
February 28, 1871 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sisterCynthia Manerva Magee
December 15, 1874 (Age 33 years)
Death of a brotherLewis Magee
before 1878 (Age 36 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in his fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Death of a sisterMary Magee
before 1878 (Age 36 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in her fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Death of a sisterNancy Jane Magee
before 1878 (Age 36 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in her fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Death of a sisterRachel Magee
before 1878 (Age 36 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 36 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 37 years)
Census June 11, 1880 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherElijah Magee
May 1884 (Age 42 years)
Death of a sisterGemima Louise Magee
June 17, 1889 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Maud M Magee
about July 1892 (Age 51 years)
Note: Birth date/place based on 1900 Census
Birth of a son
#4
Walter O Magee
about July 1895 (Age 54 years)
Note: Birth date/place based on 1900 Census
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 15, 1900 (Age 59 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherElisha E Magee
after 1910 (Age 68 years)
Note: Appears on 1910 Census as a Widower living with his father
Death of a brotherWiley Hutchen Magee
August 14, 1913 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 74 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 75 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 76 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/
Census January 15, 1920 (Age 78 years)
Death May 5, 1920 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
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
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Nancy Jane Magee
Birth: about 1838 29 27Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1878Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Rachel Magee
Birth: about 1840 31 29Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1878
11 months
elder sister
6 months
himself
6 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Family with Lear Crossno - View this family
himself
wife
Lear Crossno
Birth: July 30, 1838 26 24Benton, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 28, 1923Trimble, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1861Tennessee, United States
19 months
daughter
Mary Gilam Magee
Birth: July 24, 1862 21 23Perry, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 1949Trimble, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
9 years
daughter
Eliza Catherine Magee
Birth: February 28, 1871 29 32Perry, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 6, 1955Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
21 years
daughter
Maud M Magee
Birth: about July 1892 51 53Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
son
Walter O Magee
Birth: about July 1895 54 56Tennessee, United States
Death:

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

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Magee - Household

Wayne, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Elijah Mageehead52MWFarmer10001000GA1
Mary Polly Shepherdwife47FWTN1
Nancy Jane Mageedaughter21FWTN1
Thomas Mageeson18MWFarm LaborerTN1
Rachel Mageedaughter17FWTN
Elisha E Mageeson14MWTN1
Bathesheba Mageedaughter13FWTN
Gemima Louise Mageedaughter12FWTN
Wiley Hutchen Mageeson10MWTN1

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Magee - Household

District 1, Perry, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Magee, Thomashead31MWFarmer500TN1
Magee, Learwife31FWKeeps HouseTN1
Magee, Mary Gdaughter7FWTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Magee - Household

District 1, Perry, Tennessee, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Magee, ThomasWM39headMFarmerTNTNTN
Magee, LearWF42wifeMKeeping House11TNTNTN
Magee, Eliza CWF9daughterSAt Home1TNTNTN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Magee - Household

District 1, Dyer, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Magee, ThomasheadWMDec184158M39TNGATNFarmerYesYesYesRF
Magee, LearwifeWFJul183861M3922TNTNTNYesYesYes
Magee, Maud MdaughterWFJul18927STNTNTNYes
Magee, Walter OsonWMJul18954STNTNTNYes

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Magee - Household

District 24, Gibson, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Magee, ThomasheadMW68M49TNTNTNEnglishFarmingHome FarmOANoYesYesNoRF
Magee, LearwifeFW71M4922TNTNTNEnglishYesYesNo

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Magee - Household

District 24, Gibson, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Magee, ThomasheadOFMW78MYesYesTNGATNYesNone
Magee, LearwifeFW82MYesYesTNTNTNNone