The Shemwell Family

Percilla Caroline MegeeAge: 32 years18751907

Name
Percilla Caroline Megee
Given names
Percilla Caroline
Surname
Megee
Birth February 12, 1875 48 37
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherErvin Wright “Rite” Megee
February 24, 1879 (Age 4 years)
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 fatherWilliam Claude “Bill” Megee
after 1900 (Age 24 years)

Death of a motherEdith “Eddie” Harris
about 1901 (Age 25 years)
Death December 9, 1907 (Age 32 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Hope Garden of Memories Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 26, 1865Saline, Illinois, United States
9 months
elder sister
April Matilda Megee
Birth: March 30, 1866 39 28Arkansas, United States
Death: January 10, 1940Oklahoma, United States
21 months
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
Stephen Jackson Megee
Birth: about 1870 43 32Jasper, Ozark, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
13 months
herself
Percilla Caroline Megee
Birth: February 12, 1875 48 37Arkansas, United States
Death: December 9, 1907Braden, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
younger brother
Ervin Wright “Rite” Megee
Birth: February 24, 1879 52 41Arkansas, United States
Death: November 19, 1935Wilburton, Latimer, Oklahoma, United States
Father’s family with Elizabeth Ann Cole - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1846Mississippi, United States
2 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
4 years
half-sister
8 years
half-brother

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Claude “Bill” Megee - Household

Davis, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Megee, William CWM54headMFarmer11TNTNTN
Megee, EdithWF45wifeM11ILTNTN
Megee, April MWF14daughterSAt Home11ARTNIL
Megee, Nancy JWF12daughterSAt Home11ARTNIL
Megee, Stephen JWM10sonSMOTNIL
Megee, AlmiraWF8daughterSARTNIL
Megee, MollieWF6daughterSARTNIL
Megee, Percilla CWF4daughterSARTNIL
Megee, Ervin WWM1sonSARTNIL