Dorah McGeheeAge: 82 years1869–1951
- Name
- Dorah McGehee
- Given names
- Dorah
- Surname
- McGehee
 Birth | May 5, 1869 24 23 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: 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 16 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Lucian Augustus McGehee 1871 (Age 19 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Richard Colby McGehee May 31, 1874 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a brother | Richard Colby McGehee after May 31, 1874 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Horace Greely McGehee December 14, 1875 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 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 sister | Nannie Lula McGehee July 1, 1879 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Juliet Ann Pendleton July 1879 (Age 10 years) Cause: Typhoid Fever |
| Census | June 9, 1880 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Thomas McGehee November 23, 1884 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Ellen Taylor January 5, 1894 (Age 24 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | William Carlton “Car” McGehee — Lucy A Clack — View this family October 10, 1895 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Hustler Wade McGehee February 11, 1898 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 grandfather | John Carlton McGehee August 28, 1907 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 brother | Charles WIlliam McGehee August 31, 1922 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 60 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 father | William Carlton “Car” McGehee April 20, 1937 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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 80 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 76 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 |
 Death | September 4, 1951 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rosewood United Methodist Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Carlton “Car” McGehee Birth: November 9, 1844 26 16 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1937 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Ellen Taylor Birth: November 8, 1845 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 5, 1894 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 6, 1866 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
Charles WIlliam McGehee Birth: November 20, 1867 23 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 31, 1922 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months herself |
Dorah McGehee Birth: May 5, 1869 24 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 4, 1951 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Lucian Augustus McGehee Birth: 1871 26 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 15, 1960 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Richard Colby McGehee Birth: May 31, 1874 29 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: after May 31, 1874 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
Horace Greely McGehee Birth: December 14, 1875 31 30 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 26, 1954 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Nannie Lula McGehee Birth: July 1, 1879 34 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 14, 1968 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
John Thomas McGehee Birth: November 23, 1884 40 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 27, 1972 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Lucy A Clack |
| father |
William Carlton “Car” McGehee Birth: November 9, 1844 26 16 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1937 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Lucy A Clack Birth: July 12, 1867 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 12, 1938 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: October 10, 1895 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Hustler Wade McGehee Birth: February 11, 1898 53 30 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 8, 1955 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
Dorah McGehee has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Charles James McGehee + Ann Eliza Blake
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William Carlton “Car” McGehee - Household
Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William Carlton “Car” McGehee - Household
Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
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