The Shemwell Family

Fannie Margaret Thompson1855

Name
Fannie Margaret Thompson
Given names
Fannie Margaret
Surname
Thompson
Married name
Fannie Margaret Magee
Birth about 1855
Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 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 6 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 12 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 12 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 14 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 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWiley Hutchen MageeView this family
July 3, 1879 (Age 24 years)
Census June 16, 1880 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 husbandWiley Hutchen Magee
August 14, 1913 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 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 62 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 63 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 74 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 86 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 95 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 91 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 Wiley Hutchen Magee - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 3, 1879Perry, Tennessee, United States
Wiley Hutchen Magee + Margaret H Steel - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: July 15, 1872Wayne, Tennessee, United States
18 months
step-daughter
Wiley Hutchen Magee + Mary Crossnoe - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 22, 1887Perry, Tennessee, United States
-4 years
step-son
Long Magee
Birth: about March 1883 33 26Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
step-daughter
Luella Magee
Birth: about February 1885 35 28Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
step-son
Wylie Jacob “Jake” Magee
Birth: March 14, 1887 37 30Tennessee, United States
Death: June 9, 1948Tennessee, United States
4 years
step-son
2 years
step-son
Charles Gilliam Magee
Birth: about December 1892 42 36Tennessee, United States
Death:

No family available

Birth
Birth year/place based on 1870 Census
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Wiley Hutchen Magee - Household

Perry, Tennessee, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Magee, Wiley HWM30headMYFarmerTNTNTN
Magee, Fannie MWF23wifeMYKeeping HouseTNTNNC
Thompson, Jane OWF77mother-in-lawWdNCIrelandIreland
Janes, Mary EWF4nieceSTNTNTN