Individual Details

Listed as Zoester M., age 9 months in 1880 census.

I can find neither marriage record for Oscar in the Tennessee marriage database.

He is said to have had three children by Lucille, they would have been born 1940 or after. He was still married to Emily in the 1930 census.


In 1900, Oscar was still counted in his parents' household, but he must have married soon after.

1910 Census, Claiborne Co TN, Hh 4
Oscar L. McBee, age 32, married 11 years
Emily, wife, 32, has had 8 children, 6 are living
Burton, son, 10. William H. son, 9. John S., son, 7. James C., son, 5. Clarence T., son, 3. Nellie, daughter, age 9 months.
[the two deceased children unknown, not included]

1920 Census, still in Claiborne Co, Hh 66
Oscar McBee, age 40. Emily, age 38.
Robert, 19 [Burton in 1910...], Edward 14, Clayton 13, Clarence 10, Nellie 9, Porter 7, Alice 5, Maggie, age 3 years, 6 months.

1930 Census, Claiborne Co, TN, Hh 28
Oscar L. McBee, age 49, widowed
Nellie A., age 20. Porter R. age 19. Alice M. age 16. Maggie, age 12.
next door, Hh 29
Melvin B. [Robert-Burton..], age 29, married at age 21
Nora S., age 31 [his first wife - married at age 24
Hazel, dau, age 8

Birth	30 Sep 1879	Claiborne County, Tennessee
Marriage	Ca 1899	Claiborne County, Tennessee - Sarah Emily Jennings
Marriage		Claiborne County, Tennessee - Living

Spouse	Sarah Emily Jennings (1878 - 1930)
Child	Robert [Burton Melvin] McBee (1900 - 1976)
Child	William Herman McBee (1902 - )
Child	John Edward McBee (1904 - )
Child	James Clayton McBee (1905 - )
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Spouse

Living

Father	John Everette McBee (1860 - 1934)
Mother	Margaret O. McCauley (1858 - 1889)
Sibling	Ernest C. McBee (1882 - 1957)
Sibling	Elbert "Bud" McBee (1884 - 1929)
Sibling	Fred McBee (1889 - 1978)