The Shemwell Family

Maud EppersonAge: 95 years18971993

Name
Maud Epperson
Given names
Maud
Surname
Epperson
Married name
Maud McGehee
Birth December 5, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 months)
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 18 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 19 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 20 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 21, 1920 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Carl Edwin McGehee
June 8, 1922 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Everette Lee McGehee
July 14, 1925 (Age 27 years)
Census 1925 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Harvey Dean McGehee
January 17, 1927 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 5, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childCarl Edwin McGeheeMary Helen DoddView this family
September 7, 1943 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Census April 25, 1950 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childHarvey Dean McGeheeRuth Francis PhillipsView this family
July 19, 1951 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 48 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 husbandCarl Everette McGehee
July 28, 1977 (Age 79 years)
Marriage of a childHarvey Dean McGeheeLou-Nell June FairView this family
1991 (Age 93 years)
Note: Marriage info from Findagrave site
Death October 1993 (Age 95 years)
Family with Carl Everette McGehee - View this family
husband
Carl Everette McGehee
Birth: July 26, 1898 30 29Grandview, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 28, 1977Gravette, Benton, Arkansas, United States
herself
Maud Epperson
Birth: December 5, 1897Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 1993Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
son
Carl Edwin McGehee
Birth: June 8, 1922 23 24Arkansas, United States
Death: September 11, 1994Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
son
Everette Lee McGehee
Birth: July 14, 1925 26 27Arkansas, United States
Death: December 9, 1996Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
18 months
son
Harvey Dean McGehee
Birth: January 17, 1927 28 29Cave Springs, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 23, 2005Marshall, Oklahoma, United States
daughter
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Carl Everette McGehee - Household

Lincoln, Butler, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McGehee, Carl EheadRMW21MYesYesARARARYesLaborerOil FieldW
McGehee, MaudwifeFW22MYesYesARARTNYesNone

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Carl Everette McGehee - Household

Greenwood, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
McGehee, C EheadMW27MAROil Purifier
Epperson, MaudewifeFW27MAR
McGehee, CarlsonMW2MAR

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Carl Everette McGehee - Household

Red Fork, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
McGehee, Carl EheadMW51MarARWK40StillmanOil Refinery CoP
McGehee, MaudwifeFW52MarARH