Individual Details

Information on Mary found on FindAGrave.com

Mary was the daughter of Stephen Arnold and Sarah Lay Woods.
Mary deeded to her son Gainum her homestead in Claiborne Co in 1890 - about the time Gainum married. She and her youngest son, John Esco, age 15, then homesteaded in Utica, Kansas. About 1905, Mary returned to Knoxville to live with her daughter Mary and Mary's second husband John W. Siler.

Knoxville Journal and Tribune, 13 Nov 1911, p.7, col. 7
Mrs. Mary E. McBee, age 87 years died on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Siler, 317 North Broadway. Funeral services will be held from the residence Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. and the place of interment will be announced later.
another place, same edition of the paper
The Funeral service for Mary McBee, whose death occurred Sunday at the residence of the Daughter at 317 North Broadway, will be conducted Friday morning at 10:00. Interment wil be in the Greenwood Cemetery. The deceased was a widow and was 87 years old.

Mary is buried Greenwood Cemetery, Tazewell Pike, Knoxville. Said to be beside Eli D. Miller, the first husband of her daughter Mary, and two of the Miller children, George and Robert.

Birth	7 Feb 1832
Marriage	14 Oct 1851	Claiborne County, Tennessee - Gannum Cox McBee
Death	12 Nov 1911

Spouse	Gannum Cox McBee (1829 - 1860)
Child	Nancy C. McBee (1852 - 1853)
Child	William M. McBee (1854 - 1855)
Child	Margaret P. McBee (1856 - 1857)
Child	Mary A. McBee (1861 - )
Child	Sarah Emmeline McBee (1863 - )
Child	Gainum George Cox McBee (1865 - 1949)
Child	John Esco McBee (1875 - )