The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth McGeheeAge: 42 years17731816

Name
Elizabeth McGehee
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
McGehee
Birth October 21, 1773 43 20
Birth of a brotherCharles McGehee
October 7, 1775 (Age 23 months)
Family List
Family Birth Dates

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 14 months)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Birth of a brotherFrancis “Frank” McGehee
January 29, 1777 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherAbner William McGehee
February 18, 1779 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 14 months)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Mumford DeJarnette
1783 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah McGehee
July 12, 1784 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherEdward McGehee
November 8, 1786 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Scott McGehee
January 15, 1789 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherAbraham McGehee
January 1, 1791 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a brotherHugh McGehee Sr
January 4, 1793 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherCharles McGehee
1794 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a sisterLucinda L McGehee
January 1, 1795 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 19 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Death of a brotherFrancis “Frank” McGehee
1798 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 29 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Death of a fatherMicajah McGehee
July 31, 1811 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 38 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Death of a motherNancy Anne Baytop Scott
February 25, 1816 (Age 42 years)
Death August 5, 1816 (Age 42 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Williams Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 19, 1770Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
-1 months
elder brother
James McGehee
Birth: November 26, 1770 40 17Prince Edward, Virginia, United States
Death: May 16, 1826Putnam, Georgia, United States
1 year
elder brother
Thomas Baytop McGehee
Birth: December 1, 1771 41 18Prince Edward, Virginia, United States
Death: April 18, 1832Madison, Alabama, United States
23 months
herself
Elizabeth McGehee
Birth: October 21, 1773 43 20Prince Edward, Virginia, United States
Death: August 5, 1816Prince Edward, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger brother
Charles McGehee
Birth: October 7, 1775 45 22Georgia, United States
Death: 1794Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
16 months
younger brother
Francis “Frank” McGehee
Birth: January 29, 1777 47 24Virginia, United States
Death: 1798Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
2 years
younger brother
Abner William McGehee
Birth: February 18, 1779 49 26Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Death: February 19, 1855Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
5 years
younger sister
Sarah McGehee
Birth: July 12, 1784 54 31Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Death: about 1847Georgia, United States
2 years
younger brother
Edward McGehee
Birth: November 8, 1786 56 33Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Death: October 1, 1880Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Scott McGehee
Birth: January 15, 1789 59 36Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Death: March 2, 1870Panola, Mississippi, United States
2 years
younger brother
Abraham McGehee
Birth: January 1, 1791 61 38Georgia, United States
Death: July 25, 1859Mississippi, United States
2 years
younger brother
Hugh McGehee Sr
Birth: January 4, 1793 63 40Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Death: July 25, 1855Panola, Mississippi, United States
2 years
younger sister