Mary McGehee1814–
- Name
- Mary McGehee
- Given names
- Mary
- Surname
- McGehee
 Birth | about 1814 45 26 Note: Birth info based on 1820/1830/1840 Census |
 Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815Note: 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Eliza McGehee about 1816 (Age 2 years) Note: Birth info based on 1860 Census |
| Birth of a sister | Harriet McGehee about 1820 (Age 6 years) Note: Birth info based on 1820 Census |
 Census | August 7, 1820 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Ann McGehee July 16, 1824 (Age 10 years) Note: Birth info based on Findagrave site |
| Census | June 1, 1830 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 18 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 21 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Census | June 1, 1840 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | Robert McGehee about 1841 (Age 27 years) |
| Will | January 14, 1841 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 32 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 43 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Ann McGehee 1861 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 47 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 53 years)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 (Age 53 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 55 years)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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 64 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a brother | John Wesley McGehee Sr April 20, 1890 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 84 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 102 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 103 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 104 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert McGehee Birth: about 1769 40 29 — Granville, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1841 — Jones, Georgia, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Moreland Birth: about 1788 — Georgia, United States Death: |
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Marriage: February 11, 1808 — Putnam, Georgia, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Thomas J McGehee Birth: about 1809 40 21 — Georgia, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Robert M McGehee Birth: about 1811 42 23 — Georgia, United States Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
John Wesley McGehee Sr Birth: about 1812 43 24 — Georgia, United States Death: April 20, 1890 — Bibb, Georgia, United States |
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3 years herself |
Mary McGehee Birth: about 1814 45 26 — Georgia, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Eliza McGehee Birth: about 1816 47 28 — Georgia, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Harriet McGehee Birth: about 1820 51 32 — Georgia, United States Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Sarah Ann McGehee Birth: July 16, 1824 55 36 — Jones, Georgia, United States Death: 1861 — Rusk, Texas, United States |
| Birth | Birth info based on 1820/1830/1840 Census | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1820 United States - Census transcript - Robert McGehee - Household
Jones, Georgia, United States
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| Census | 1830 United States - Census transcript - Robert McGehee - Household
Jones, Georgia, United States
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| Census | 1840 United States - Census transcript - Robert McGehee - Household
Jones, Georgia, United States
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| Will | Robert McGehee's Will lists the following family members: Elizabeth McGehee (wife), Thomas J McGehee, Robert M McGehee and his children, John W McGehee, Eliza McGehee and her husband Martin Mellown, his Grandson James Anthony Mellown, Mary McGehee, Harriet McGehee, and Sarah Ann McGehee.
His wife, Elizabeth, was named as the Executrix and his son, Robert M McGehee, was named as Executor. |