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Gainum McBee
(4 May 1829 - Bet 1900 and 1910)
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Ganum b. 4 May 1829 said to have married Rebecca Phelps 16 Jul 1849. She was the daughter of George & Syntha Phelps. Rebecca born ca 1829, died 15 Feb 1912.
1850 Claiborne Co TN, Subdivision 7
Hh 723: Isaac McBee age 49. Elizabeth 46. John 15, Sally 7, and Prior L. age 4.
Hh 1424 Gainum McBee age 21, wife Rebecca age 19.
1860 Claiborne Co TN, Subdivision 10
Hh 1281 Gainum McBee age 32, Rebecca 24. Wm E. 10, James M. 8, Jeromy 6, Manitia 3 [female], and John J. 8 months.
There are two Gainum/Gannum McBees born approximately the same year, 1829 - they were second cousins. Still a third Gainum McBee, lived in Knox Co TN and was born in 1840, son of Gainum C. & Sarah; he was another second cousin. Any of these three could have served in the Civil War. One of these is surely the Ganum C. McBee, private of 1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry who signed the Oath of Allegiance at Chattanooga on 3 Jun 1865. The card states "Roll of Rebel Deserters and voluntarily surrendered prisoners of war who took the Oath of Allegiance at Chattanooga". Ganum C. McBee gave his residence as Knox County, TN; he had dark complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, and was 6' tall. [Found on Fold3.com.]
A look at the 1st Regt reveals that at least two of the companies, F and L, were organized in Claiborne Co, neither of which has an existing muster roll. Several of the other companies were organized in Knox Co.
Only one Gainum, son of William Pryor McBee is known to have had the middle initial and family tradition does place him at Chattanooga near the end of the war. However, the youngest apparently did not marry until after the War and would have been a single man and apparently lived in Knox Co his entire life.
1870 Claiborne Co TN, Subdivision 11, p.318
Hh 51 Gainum McBee age 43. Rebecca 38. James M. 18, Marisa 13, John E. 11, Vina C. 6, Amanda 4, and Sarah C. age 1.
1880 Census, Claiborne Co, Hh 121. Living in a nest of McBees
Ganum McBee, 53, farmer, b. TN, parents b. TN
Rebecca, 44, wife, b. TN, parents b. VA
Nervesta, 9, daughter. Leorola, 7, daughter
1900 Census, Claiborne Co, Hh 13
Gainum McBee, b. May 1829, age 71, married 50 years
Rebecca, wife, b. May 1840, age 60, 12 children-only 5 still living
Olly, dau, b. Sep 1886, age 23
On the same page are Gainum's sons John [Hh 11], and James [Hh 13] and their families, and James's eldest son Gilbert, Hh 14.
Gainum and Rebecca are said to be buried Phelps Cemetery, Claiborne. A map shows that to be near Lone Mountain Road.
Events
| Birth | 4 May 1829 | Tennessee | |||
| Marriage | 16 Jul 1849 | Claiborne County, Tennessee - Rebecca Phelps | |||
| Death | Bet 1900 and 1910 |
Families
| Spouse | Rebecca Phelps (1829 - 1912) |
| Child | William Elbert McBee (1851 - 1899) |
| Child | James Milton McBee (1852 - ) |
| Child | Jeremy McBee (1854 - 1870) |
| Child | Manitia/Manisa "Niecie" McBee (1857 - 1928) |
| Child | John Everette McBee (1860 - 1934) |
| Child | Vina C. McBee (1862 - 1932) |
| Child | Amanda McBee (1866 - 1880) |
| Child | Sarah C. McBee (1869 - 1880) |
| Child | Nervesta McBee (1871 - 1900) |
| Child | Leorola McBee (1873 - 1900) |
| Child | Ollie McBee (1876 - 1950) |
| Child | Alice McBee (1878 - 1880) |
| Father | Isaac McBee (1800 - 1870) |
| Mother | Sarah Elizabeth Grubb (1804 - ) |
| Sibling | John Wesley McBee (1837 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Sarah A. McBee (1842 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Prior Lee McBee (1844 - 1884) |