The Shemwell Family

Name
Harvey J McGehee
Given names
Harvey J
Surname
McGehee
Birth March 9, 1895 19 19
Birth of a sisterElizabeth “Bessie” McGehee
November 19, 1897 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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
Birth of a brotherHenry Arthur McGehee
November 9, 1899 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterRoberta McGehee
December 22, 1900 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Ernest McGehee
September 18, 1902 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brother“Little Brother” McGehee
April 10, 1904 (Age 9 years)
Death of a brother“Little Brother” McGehee
May 29, 1904 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie McGehee
May 10, 1905 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brother“Infant Son” McGehee
July 6, 1908 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brother“Infant Son” McGehee
July 6, 1908 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterAlpha Greely McGehee
January 26, 1910 (Age 14 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterNannie Marie McGehee
November 18, 1911 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterLilian McGehee
December 9, 1914 (Age 19 years)
Death of a sisterLilian McGehee
December 9, 1914 (Age 19 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
Birth of a sisterLucille McGehee
February 21, 1917 (Age 21 years)
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/
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
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Carlton “Car” McGehee
April 20, 1937 (Age 42 years)
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
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 fatherHorace Greely McGehee
June 26, 1954 (Age 59 years)
Death of a motherFannie Lavina Settle
August 21, 1964 (Age 69 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Ernest McGehee
March 20, 1967 (Age 72 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
Death of a sisterAlpha Greely McGehee
May 8, 1977 (Age 82 years)
Death November 26, 1978 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Jernigans Chapel Cemetery
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