Individual Details

William Elbert McBee

(20 Jul 1851 - 16 May 1899)



Married Mary McVay, Claiborne Co. Marriage license issued 17 Feb 1874 and married on the 19th, by Church Neely, JP
Note: Mary is listed as McCauley in databases online - the marriage license digital copy is also available at Ancestry and plainly says Mary McVay.

Children of William and Mary said to be
Leonard - probably died young
Sudie, b. 28 Aug 1877, d. 20 Dec 1930, Claiborne Co; married William Guinn, 6 Jun 1895
Viola O, b. 12 Sep 1878, d. 21 Feb 1961, married Henry L. Harmon, 7 Mar 1896; buried Thompson Chapel Cemetery, Claiborne Co [this is the only child with her parents in 1880; Sudie's birth must be off a year or two
John Okus, b. 3 Feb 1888, d. 14 Dec 1968; married Dessie Loop, 11 Feb 1912

1880 Census. 11th Civil Dist. Claiborne Co TN, Hh 121
William E. McBee, age 29
Mary McBee, 21, wife, b. VA
Violar O. McBee, age 2, daughter
Rosenbahn, Isaac W., age 17, adopted son, b. VA

Events

Birth20 Jul 1851Claiborne County, Tennessee
Marriage19 Feb 1874Claiborne County, Tennessee - Mary C. McVay
Death16 May 1899Claiborne County, Tennessee

Families

SpouseMary C. McVay (1860 - )
ChildViola O. McBee (1878 - )
ChildJohn O. McBee (1887 - )
FatherGainum McBee (1829 - 1900)
MotherRebecca Phelps (1829 - 1912)
SiblingJames Milton McBee (1852 - )
SiblingJeremy McBee (1854 - 1870)
SiblingManitia/Manisa "Niecie" McBee (1857 - 1928)
SiblingJohn Everette McBee (1860 - 1934)
SiblingVina C. McBee (1862 - 1932)
SiblingAmanda McBee (1866 - 1880)
SiblingSarah C. McBee (1869 - 1880)
SiblingNervesta McBee (1871 - 1900)
SiblingLeorola McBee (1873 - 1900)
SiblingOllie McBee (1876 - 1950)
SiblingAlice McBee (1878 - 1880)