The Shemwell Family

Thomas Lewis Collie MageeAge: 82 years18611943

Name
Thomas Lewis Collie Magee
Given names
Thomas Lewis Collie
Surname
Magee
Birth 1861 31 28
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 6 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 6 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 8 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Polly Shepherd
after 1870 (Age 9 years)
Note: Mary is shown in the 1870 Census; but, not beyond that date
Death of a fatherLewis Magee
before 1878 (Age 17 years)
Note: Was mentioned as "Deceased" in his fathers will written on 9/28/1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 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 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 55 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 56 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 57 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 68 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 brotherElijah Bailey Magee
July 31, 1930 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Caroline Magee
July 30, 1937 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 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
Death 1943 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Howell Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1853Wayne, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Martha Caroline Magee
Birth: 1857 27 24Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 30, 1937Perry, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Elijah Bailey Magee
Birth: May 16, 1859 29 26Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 31, 1930Perry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
Thomas Lewis Collie Magee
Birth: 1861 31 28Tennessee, United States
Death: 1943Tennessee, United States