The Shemwell Family

Snowey Elsey MageeAge: 49 years18771926

Name
Snowey Elsey Magee
Given names
Snowey Elsey
Surname
Magee
Birth February 22, 1877 30 32
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherElisha Green Magee
June 5, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherManel Magee
June 9, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1880 Census. On the date of the Census (Jun 11), the Census notes that he is 2/365 days old
Death of a maternal grandfatherJacob “Jake” Crossno
1880 (Age 2 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMicha Wells
1880 (Age 2 years)
Census June 11, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Magee
May 1884 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 motherJane Crossno
March 24, 1907 (Age 30 years)
Death of a fatherElisha E Magee
after 1910 (Age 32 years)
Note: Appears on 1910 Census as a Widower living with his father
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 February 24, 1926 (Age 49 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1863Tennessee, United States
5 years
elder brother
10 years
himself
Snowey Elsey Magee
Birth: February 22, 1877 30 32Tennessee, United States
Death: February 24, 1926Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Manel Magee
Birth: June 9, 1880 33 35Tennessee, United States
Death:
younger brother
Elisha Green Magee
Birth: June 5, 1880 33 35Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 10, 1950Dunklin, Missouri, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Elisha E Magee - Household

District 1, Perry, Tennessee, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Magee, Elisha EWM32headMFarmerTNTNTN
Magee, JaneWF31wifeMKeeping HouseTNTNTN
Magee, Thomas BWM13sonSWorks Home FarmTNTNTN
Magee, Snowey EWM2sonSAt Home11TNTNTN
Magee, ManelWM2/365sonSAt Home11TNTNTN