The Shemwell Family

David McGeheeAge: 64 years18651930

Name
David McGehee
Given names
David
Surname
McGehee
Birth October 14, 1865 52 46
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 14 months)
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 14 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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
Marriage of a parentRobert McGeheeMargaret Ann FreedleView this family
about 1878 (Age 12 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1880 census
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Property
David McGehee and John W Hays Land Deal 1885
August 5, 1885 (Age 19 years)
Note: Indenture made between John W Hays, Administrator of Anna Winbish's Estate, and David McGehee. …
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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
Death of a brotherJohn Madison “Matt” McGehee
September 27, 1915 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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 63 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 January 11, 1930 (Age 64 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hollywood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 16, 1838Guilford, North Carolina, United States
12 years
elder brother
John Madison “Matt” McGehee
Birth: October 4, 1849 36 30Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 27, 1915Guilford, North Carolina, United States
13 years
elder brother
Franklin McGehee
Birth: about 1862 49 43North Carolina, United States
Death:
4 years
himself
David McGehee
Birth: October 14, 1865 52 46Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 11, 1930Gaston, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Mary Jackson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 20, 1838Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Margaret Ann Freedle - View this family
father
step-mother
Margaret Ann Freedle
Birth: June 26, 1837Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 27, 1885North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1878North Carolina, United States

Property
Indenture made between John W Hays, Administrator of Anna Winbish's Estate, and David McGehee. The transaction was for $265. David McGehee purchased the land which included about 24 acres located in the Oxford Township and partially bordered by Stephen Cook's Corner.