The Shemwell Family

Margie Elizabeth McGeheeAge: 82 years19001983

Name
Margie Elizabeth McGehee
Given names
Margie Elizabeth
Surname
McGehee
Married name
Margie Elizabeth Watts
Birth June 21, 1900 40 34
Birth of a sisterAlice A McGehee
about 1903 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie Faye McGehee
March 5, 1906 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a sisterAlma Vay McGehee
April 29, 1910 (Age 9 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 17 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/
MarriageJessie Preston WattsView this family
about 1921 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hazel Mae Watts
September 26, 1922 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Jimmy Dale Trafton
June 7, 1948 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 54 years)

Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Jones
1963 (Age 62 years)

Death of a brotherJessie William McGehee
November 10, 1966 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Eugene McGehee
November 16, 1968 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 husbandJessie Preston Watts
September 15, 1981 (Age 81 years)

Death January 5, 1983 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1882Texas, United States
19 months
elder brother
Jessie William McGehee
Birth: July 19, 1883 23 17Rusk, Texas, United States
Death: November 10, 1966Dallas, Texas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mary Ann McGehee
Birth: October 30, 1885 26 19Texas, United States
Death: March 1, 1940Pone, Rusk, Texas, United States
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Effie I McGehee
Birth: about February 1891 31 25Texas, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
Joseph Eugene McGehee
Birth: November 28, 1893 34 27Rusk, Texas, United States
Death: November 16, 1968Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
3 years
elder brother
5 years
herself
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
Family with Jessie Preston Watts - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1921Texas, United States
21 months
daughter
Hazel Mae Watts
Birth: September 26, 1922 21 22Texas, United States
Death: April 12, 2009Texas, United States