The Shemwell Family

Thomas J Magee1860

Name
Thomas J Magee
Given names
Thomas J
Surname
Magee
Birth about 1860 26 20
Note: Birth year/place based on Census
Death of a fatherElijah Allen Magee
May 9, 1863 (Age 3 years)
Note: Died in the Military Hospital, Catoosa Springs, Georgia
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 months)

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
Marriage of a parentCincinnatus SheltonNancy Jane GrimesView this family
April 21, 1867 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 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 7 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 9 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 July 29, 1870 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Polly Shepherd
after 1870 (Age 10 years)
Note: Mary is shown in the 1870 Census; but, not beyond that date
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Magee
May 1884 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 56 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 57 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 58 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 69 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
Death of a brotherJames Hugh Magee
April 28, 1939 (Age 79 years)
Associate: Elijah Allen Magee
Associate: Nancy Jane Grimes
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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 90 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 86 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 parents - View this family
father
Elijah Allen Magee
Birth: about 1834 25 23Tennessee, United States
Death: May 9, 1863Catoosa Springs, Catoosa, Georgia, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1858Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder brother
James Hugh Magee
Birth: September 1858 24 18Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 28, 1939Pope, Tennessee, United States
2 years
himself
Mother’s family with James A Magee - View this family
uncle
mother
Marriage: September 17, 1857Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with Cincinnatus Shelton - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: April 21, 1867Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Thomas J Magee has 45 first cousins recorded

Father's family (45)

Parents Lewis Magee + Mary “Polly” Brooks
Parents Reeves + Mary Magee
Parents James A Magee + Julia Ann Griggs
1Wilson Magee1858
Parents Sebron M Sewell + Nancy Jane Magee
1Matilda C Sewell18641942
Parents Francis Marion “Frank” Gordon Sr + Cynthia Manerva Magee
4Elija Belva Gordon18671952
Parents Thomas Magee + Lear Crossno
1Mary Gilam Magee18621949
3Maud M Magee1892
Parents Andrew J Steel + Bathesheba “Bashie” Magee
Parents Elisha E Magee + Jane Crossno
2Snowey Elsey Magee18771926
3Elisha Green Magee18801950
4Manel Magee1880
Parents William Henry Crossno Sr + Gemima Louise Magee
5Eli L Crossno18751955
7Mary Crossno1880
8James Noah Crossno18821959
10Sarah Jane Crossno18861965
11Robert Lee Crossno18871963
Parents Wiley Hutchen Magee + Margaret H Steel
Parents Wiley Hutchen Magee + Mary Crossnoe
1Long Magee1883
2Luella Magee1885

Mother's family (0)

Birth
Birth year/place based on Census
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Cincinnatus Shelton - Household

District 5, Wayne, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Shelton, CincinnatusHead40MWFarmer455TN
Shelton, Nancy JWife30FWKeeping HouseTN
Magee, James HStepson11MWAt SchoolTN1
Magee, Thomas JStepson10MWAt SchoolTN1