The Shemwell Family

Charles WIlliam McGeheeAge: 54 years18671922

Name
Charles WIlliam McGehee
Given names
Charles WIlliam
Surname
McGehee
Birth November 20, 1867 23 22
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterDorah McGehee
May 5, 1869 (Age 17 months)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 13 months)

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 September 25, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherLucian Augustus McGehee
1871 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRichard Colby McGehee
May 31, 1874 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherRichard Colby McGehee
after May 31, 1874 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherHorace Greely McGehee
December 14, 1875 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a sisterNannie Lula McGehee
July 1, 1879 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherJuliet Ann Pendleton
July 1879 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Census June 9, 1880 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Thomas McGehee
November 23, 1884 (Age 17 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Ellen Taylor
January 5, 1894 (Age 26 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Carlton “Car” McGeheeLucy A ClackView this family
October 10, 1895 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHustler Wade McGehee
February 11, 1898 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Carlton McGehee
August 28, 1907 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 August 31, 1922 (Age 54 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wiley's Chapel Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 6, 1866Todd, Kentucky, United States
14 months
himself
Charles WIlliam McGehee
Birth: November 20, 1867 23 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 31, 1922Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
17 months
younger sister
Dorah McGehee
Birth: May 5, 1869 24 23Kentucky, United States
Death: September 4, 1951Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Lucian Augustus McGehee
Birth: 1871 26 25Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 15, 1960Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Richard Colby McGehee
Birth: May 31, 1874 29 28Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: after May 31, 1874Todd, Kentucky, United States
18 months
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
Nannie Lula McGehee
Birth: July 1, 1879 34 33Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 14, 1968Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger brother
John Thomas McGehee
Birth: November 23, 1884 40 39Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 27, 1972Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Lucy A Clack - View this family
father
step-mother
Lucy A Clack
Birth: July 12, 1867Tennessee, United States
Death: October 12, 1938Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: October 10, 1895Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
half-brother
Hustler Wade McGehee
Birth: February 11, 1898 53 30Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1955Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States

Charles WIlliam McGehee has 4 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William Carlton “Car” McGehee - Household

Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
McGehee, William Chead25MWFarmer1050400KY1
McGehee, Elizabeth Ewife24FWKeeping HouseKY
McGehee, Charles Wson3MWKY
McGehee, Dorahdaughter1FWKY
Brown, Marry11At HomeKY11

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Carlton “Car” McGehee - Household

Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
McGehee, William CWM35headMFarming12KYKYKY
McGehee, Elizabeth EWF34wifeMKeeping HouseKYKYKY
McGehee, Charles WWM12sonSKYKYKY
McGehee, DorahWF9daughterSKYKYKY
McGehee, Lucian AWM8sonSKYKYKY
McGehee, Horace GWM4sonSKYKYKY
McGehee, Nannie LWF1 1/2JuldaughterSKYKYKY
McGehee, G TWM7at homeSKYKYKY