The Shemwell Family

Julia Ann GriggsAge: 80 years18381918

Name
Julia Ann Griggs
Given names
Julia Ann
Surname
Griggs
Married name
Julia Ann Magee
Birth about 1838
Note: Birth date/place based on Death Certificate stating that she was 80 yrs old when she died.
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 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
MarriageJames A MageeView this family
about 1858 (Age 20 years)
Note: Marriage year/place based on various Census records and age of children
Birth of a son
#1
Wilson Magee
about 1858 (Age 20 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eliza A Magee
about 1859 (Age 21 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Birth of a son
#3
Elijah A Magee
about 1860 (Age 22 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Census August 31, 1860 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Mary E A Magee
about 1863 (Age 25 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Birth of a son
#5
William A Magee
about 1863 (Age 25 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Census records
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 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 29 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 29 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 31 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 9, 1870 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 40 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 14, 1880 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 78 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 79 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 80 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 April 2, 1918 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
Family with James A Magee - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1858Tennessee, United States
1 year
son
2 years
daughter
2 years
son
4 years
daughter
1 year
son
James A Magee + Nancy Jane Grimes - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 17, 1857Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Birth
Birth date/place based on Death Certificate stating that she was 80 yrs old when she died.
Marriage
Marriage year/place based on various Census records and age of children
Census1860 United States - Census transcript - James A Magee - Household

District 15, Wayne, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
James A Mageehead24MWFarming300TN
Julia Ann Mageewife21FWTN
Wilson Mageeson2MWTN
Eliza A Mageedaughter8/12FWTN

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - James A Magee - Household

District 2, Wayne, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Magee, James Ahead34MWLaborerTN
Magee, Julia Awife32FWKeeping HouseTN1
Magee, Eliza Adaughter10FWWorks on FarmTN11
Magee, Mary Edaughter7FWTN
Magee, William Ason5MWTN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James A Magee - Household

District 1, Wayne, Tennessee, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Magee, James AWM44headMFarmerTNGATN
Magee, Julia AWF43wifeMKeeps House1TNTNAL
Magee, William AWM15sonSWorks on Farm111TNTNTN