The Shemwell Family

Elisha Green MageeAge: 69 years18801950

Name
Elisha Green Magee
Given names
Elisha Green
Surname
Magee
Birth June 5, 1880 33 35
Birth of a brotherManel Magee
June 9, 1880 (Age 4 days)
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
Death of a maternal grandmotherMicha Wells
1880
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Magee
May 1884 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 2, 1900 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherJane Crossno
March 24, 1907 (Age 26 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherElisha E Magee
after 1910 (Age 29 years)
Note: Appears on 1910 Census as a Widower living with his father
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 brotherSnowey Elsey Magee
February 24, 1926 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 61 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 69 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 65 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
Death March 10, 1950 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1863Tennessee, United States
5 years
elder brother
10 years
elder brother
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:
himself
Elisha Green Magee
Birth: June 5, 1880 33 35Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 10, 1950Dunklin, Missouri, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Elisha E Magee - Household

District 115, Perry, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Magee, Elisha EheadWMOct184456M34TNGAGAFarmer0YesYesYes
Magee, JanewifeWFJan184555M3432TNTNTNNoNoYes
Crossnoe, NancySister-in-LawWFJan184357STNTNTNServantNoNoYes
Crossnoe. BenjaminNephewWMMay189010STNTNTNFarm Laborer00NoNoYes
Magee, Elisha GsonWMJun189118STNTNTNFarm Laborer0YesYesYes

Elisha birthyear should be 1880 as per Tombstone picture

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Elisha Green Magee - Household

District 1, Perry, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Magee, Elisha GheadMW29M9TNTNTNEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOANoNoRF
Magee, AltywifeFW24M933TNTNTNEnglishNoneYesYes
Magee, IdadaughterFW6 5/12STNTNTNEnglishNoneNoNoYes
Magee, JuliedaughterFW4 8/12STNTNTNEnglishNoneNoNoNo
Magee, ClydesonMW2STNTNTNEnglishNoneNoNoNo
Magee, Elisha EfatherMW62Wd40TNTNTNEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesOF