The Shemwell Family

Walter O Magee1895

Name
Walter O Magee
Given names
Walter O
Surname
Magee
Birth about July 1895 54 56
Note: Birth date/place based on 1900 Census
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 15, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 fatherThomas Magee
May 5, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Death of a motherLear Crossno
January 28, 1923 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 46 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 of a sisterMary Gilam Magee
April 4, 1949 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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
Death of a sisterEliza Catherine Magee
April 6, 1955 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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

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father
mother
Lear Crossno
Birth: July 30, 1838 26 24Benton, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 28, 1923Trimble, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1861Tennessee, United States
19 months
elder sister
Mary Gilam Magee
Birth: July 24, 1862 21 23Perry, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 4, 1949Trimble, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
9 years
elder sister
Eliza Catherine Magee
Birth: February 28, 1871 29 32Perry, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 6, 1955Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States
21 years
elder sister
Maud M Magee
Birth: about July 1892 51 53Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
himself
Walter O Magee
Birth: about July 1895 54 56Tennessee, United States
Death:

Walter O Magee has 59 first cousins recorded

Father's family (43)

Parents Lewis Magee + Mary “Polly” Brooks
Parents Reeves + Mary Magee
Parents Elijah Allen Magee + Nancy Jane Grimes
1James Hugh Magee18581939
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 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
Birth
Birth date/place based on 1900 Census
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Magee - Household

District 1, Dyer, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Magee, ThomasheadWMDec184158M39TNGATNFarmerYesYesYesRF
Magee, LearwifeWFJul183861M3922TNTNTNYesYesYes
Magee, Maud MdaughterWFJul18927STNTNTNYes
Magee, Walter OsonWMJul18954STNTNTNYes