Individual Details

The family Bible has 10 Jan 1847 for their marriage. Claiborne Co record has 27 Nov 1846 for the license date. Return by L. L. Harrell, J. P., says he celebrated the rights of marriage on 10 Jan 1847.

1850 Claiborne Co TN
Calvin McBee age 29, b. TN. Eveline 27. Sarah A. 3, Orleany 5 months.
Samuel McBee, age 78, b. VA is also living with Calvin.

Calvin is said to have married Emaline McBee. Children were Sarah, b. 1847, Orlena, b. 1850, James A. b. 1854, and William C. b. 1857.

Apparently the family lived for a few years in Arkansas between 1850 and 1860. Calvin's brother James H. died in Arkansas in 1853; son William's birth entry in the family Bible states that he was born in Arkansas in 1857; the county is there but unreadable.

1860 Grainger Co TN, District 14
p. 515 Calvin McBee, age 39. Eveline age 36. Sarah 13, Orlena 10, James A. 6 and Wm. C. age 3.

Both 1850 and 1860, living next door to Calvin is:
Eli McBee. In 1850 Eli was age 26, wife Almeady 21 and Nancy J. age 1
In 1860, Eli was listed as age 26 but probably should have been 36. Almeda was 31. Nancy J. 11, Andrew J. 8, Moriah 5 and Tennessee age 2.

I think it's possible that Eli could have been another son of Samuel. There were three males in both 1830 and 1840 that could have been Calvin, James & Eli. However, there is not a third son listed in the Bible record.

1870 Grayson Co TX, Precinct 1, Hh 1066
T. Merritt age 28, [all the household dittoed for b. TN]
Sarah age 23
Orville 4 and Oscar 2
McBee, Calvin, age 49
Evaline 47
Orlinn 21 and James H. 15


I believe that Calvin died between 1870 and 1880, because this looks like Evaline to me: 1880 Census.  Dist 107, Sugar Loaf Township, Marion Co, Arkansas Hh 324 James McBee, age 24, farmer, b. Tenn., parents b. Tenn. Margaret, 18, wife, keeps house, b. MO, her parents b. MO Eveline, age 57, mother, marked "w" for widow, b. Tenn., parents b. Tenn. 

Calvin and Evaline have a joint stone, Kessee Cemetery, Monarch, Marion Co, AR. However, the dates are incorrect based on what the censuses show. Calvin M. McBee is shown as born 6 Oct 1820, but died 1860. He was living in Grayson Co TX in 1870. Evaline is shown with a birth of 6 May 1822, died 1869, but she was in the 1880 Census, living with son James. The information on the FindAGrave website also has a different date for their marriage - as 27 Nov 1846. The Bible record had 10 Jan 1847.

Birth	6 Oct 1820	Tennessee
Marriage	10 Jan 1847	Evaline McBee
Death	Bet 1870 and 1880

Spouse	Evaline McBee ( - )
Child	Sarah Ann McBee (1847 - )
Child	Orlena McBee (1850 - 1935)
Child	James Hamilton McBee (1855 - 1939)
Child	William C. B. McBee (1857 - 1869)

Father	Samuel McBee (1772 - 1858)
Mother	Anna Hamilton (1781 - 1845)
Sibling	William McBee (1798 - )
Sibling	Isaac McBee (1800 - 1870)
Sibling	Caswell McBee (1802 - )
Sibling	Alexander McBee (1804 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth McBee (1807 - 1860)
Sibling	Pleasant McBee (1809 - 1880)
Sibling	Samuel McBee (1811 - )
Sibling	Labourne McBee (1813 - 1896)
Sibling	Mary Ann McBee (1815 - )
Sibling	John McBee (1818 - )
Sibling	James Hamilton McBee (1823 - 1853)