The Shemwell Family

Name
Bathesheba “Bashie” Magee
Given names
Bathesheba
Surname
Magee
Married name
Bathesheba Gordon
Married name
Bathesheba Steel
Married name
Bathesheba Holder
Married name
Bathesheba Lineberry
Nickname
Bashie
Birth about 1846 37 35
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Birth of a brotherElisha E Magee
about 1847 (Age 12 months)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWiley Hutchen Magee
about 1850 (Age 4 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1850 Census
Census September 10, 1850 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Johns
about 1855 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 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 14 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas A Steel
about 1862 (Age 16 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1880 Census
Death of a brotherElijah Allen Magee
May 9, 1863 (Age 17 years)
Note: Died in the Military Hospital, Catoosa Springs, Georgia
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 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 21 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 21 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 23 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 June 1, 1870 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Emalissa Steel
about 1871 (Age 25 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1880 Census
Death of a motherMary Polly Shepherd
after 1870 (Age 24 years)
Note: Mary is shown in the 1870 Census; but, not beyond that date
MarriageAndrew J SteelView this family
December 30, 1871 (Age 25 years)
Death of a sisterCynthia Manerva Magee
December 15, 1874 (Age 28 years)
Death of a brotherLewis Magee
before 1878 (Age 32 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in his fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Death of a sisterMary Magee
before 1878 (Age 32 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in her fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Death of a sisterNancy Jane Magee
before 1878 (Age 32 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in her fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Death of a sisterRachel Magee
before 1878 (Age 32 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 32 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 32 years)
Census June 14, 1880 (Age 34 years)
Death of a fatherElijah Magee
May 1884 (Age 38 years)
Probate May 19, 1884 (Age 38 years)
MarriageIsaac Laney HolderView this family
August 4, 1884 (Age 38 years)
Death of a sisterGemima Louise Magee
June 17, 1889 (Age 43 years)
Death of a husbandIsaac Laney Holder
February 8, 1892 (Age 46 years)
MarriageFrancis Marion “Frank” Gordon SrView this family
about 1897 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 13, 1900 (Age 54 years)
MarriageIsaac “Ike” LineberryView this family
August 21, 1910 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherElisha E Magee
after 1910 (Age 64 years)
Note: Appears on 1910 Census as a Widower living with his father
Death of a brotherWiley Hutchen Magee
August 14, 1913 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 70 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 71 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 72 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 16, 1920 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Magee
May 5, 1920 (Age 74 years)
Death of a husbandIsaac “Ike” Lineberry
after 1920 (on the date of death)

Note: Showed as "Living" in 1920 Census
Death after 1920 (Age 74 years)

Note: Showed as "Living" in 1920 Census
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