The Shemwell Family

Amanda E McDanielAge: 68 years18681936

Name
Amanda E McDaniel
Given names
Amanda E
Surname
McDaniel
Married name
Amanda E McGehee
Birth July 1868
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 6 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
MarriageWilliam Abraham McGeheeView this family
January 29, 1908 (Age 39 years)
Census April 10, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Herman “Mac” McGehee
September 28, 1911 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a child
#2
Lawrence O'Neal
about 1921 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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
Census April 17, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Adoption of a childLawrence O'Neal
between 1921 and 1930 (Age 52 years)
Adoption: Adopted by both parents
Note: Lawrence's father, Jessie O'Neal, died in 1921. There is no record of his mother, Minnie Nelma West, in the 1930 Census. The only 1930 I found with his family was for his brother, Delbert O'Neal, who was living in a "Training School for Boys" without his mother.
Death November 19, 1936 (Age 68 years)
Family with William Abraham McGehee - View this family
husband
William Abraham McGehee
Birth: November 26, 1865 43 36Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States
Death: August 4, 1941Celeste, Fannin, Texas, United States
herself
Amanda E McDaniel
Birth: July 1868Center Township, Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: November 19, 1936Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: January 29, 1908Cherryvale, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
4 years
son
Robert Herman “Mac” McGehee
Birth: September 28, 1911 45 43Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 3, 1973Arkansas, United States
10 years
child
Lawrence O'Neal
Adoption: between 1921 and 1930 55 52Arkansas, United States
Birth: about 1921 55 52Arkansas, United States
Death:

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Abraham McGehee - Household

ED 115 Johnson, Ness, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McGehee, William AheadMW45M32MOTNTNEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesRF
McDaniel, Amanda EwifeFW42M2210MOMOMOEnglishNoneYesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Abraham McGehee - Household

ED 150, Ward 5 Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Megehee, William AheadRMW54MYesYesARUnited StatesMOYesLaborerTeamsterW
Megehee, MandywifeFW51MYesYesMOMOMOYesNoneNone
Megehee, RobertsonMW8 years 3 monthsSYesOKARMOYesNoneNone
Oneal, FloydstepsonMW19SNoYesYesMOARMOYesLaborerTeamsterW
Oneal, PearlstepdaughterFW17SNoYesYesKSMOMOYesNoneNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Abraham McGehee - Household

ED 52 Upper, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McGehee, William AheadR8MW60M18NoYesMOTNTNYesDay LaborFarmW
McGehee, Amanda EwifeFW61M19NoYesMOTNMOYesNone
McGehee, Robert HsonMW18SNoYesOKMOMOYesDay LaborFarmW
McGehee, LawrencegrandsonMW9SYesARMOKSNone