The Shemwell Family

Jessie William McGeheeAge: 83 years18831966

Name
Jessie William McGehee
Given names
Jessie William
Surname
McGehee
Birth July 19, 1883 23 17
Birth of a sisterMary Ann McGehee
October 30, 1885 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSusan B McGehee
about April 1888 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterEffie I McGehee
about February 1891 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Eugene McGehee
November 28, 1893 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Samuel McGehee
1896 (Age 12 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 sisterMargie Elizabeth McGehee
June 21, 1900 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice A McGehee
about 1903 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie Faye McGehee
March 5, 1906 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a sisterAlma Vay McGehee
April 29, 1910 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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
Death of a fatherJoseph Richard McGehee
1918 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 34 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 46 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 sisterMary Ann McGehee
March 1, 1940 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 66 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 brotherJames Samuel McGehee
1955 (Age 71 years)

Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Jones
1963 (Age 79 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 November 10, 1966 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Little Bethel Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: 1882Texas, United States
19 months
himself
Jessie William McGehee
Birth: July 19, 1883 23 17Rusk, Texas, United States
Death: November 10, 1966Dallas, Texas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mary Ann McGehee
Birth: October 30, 1885 26 19Texas, United States
Death: March 1, 1940Pone, Rusk, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Effie I McGehee
Birth: about February 1891 31 25Texas, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Joseph Eugene McGehee
Birth: November 28, 1893 34 27Rusk, Texas, United States
Death: November 16, 1968Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Nettie Faye McGehee
Birth: March 5, 1906 46 40
Death: February 21, 1988Henderson, Rusk, Texas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Alma Vay McGehee
Birth: April 29, 1910 50 44
Death: January 6, 2001Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States

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