Individual Details

Robert [Burton Melvin] McBee

(7 Jul 1900 - 28 Sep 1976)



Robert as a child and young man also appeared in the censuses as Burton and Melvin. His grave marker reads simply Robert McBee. Correspondence with a grandchild reveals he went only by the name Robert in her lifetime and she did not know of the other names.

1930 Census, Claiborne Co, TN, Hh 28
Melvin B. [Burton in 1910, Robert in 1920], age 29, married at age 21
Nora S., age 31 [his first wife - married at age 24
Hazel, dau, age 8

Robert and his first wife Verdie Stubblefield, share a grave marker in Thompson Chapel Cemetery, Claiborn Co.. They had one surviving daughter, Hazel, b. 7 Jan 1922. Robert later married Nora Kitts - she is also buried Thompson Chapel Cemetery as "Wife of Bob McBee". Robert and Nora also had a single daughter, Dellaphine, b. 15 Jan 1931, d. 14 Apr 1948, at age 17 - she is also buried Thompson Chapel Cemetery. [FindAGrave.com]

Events

Birth7 Jul 1900Claiborne County, Tennessee
Marriage1 Apr 1921Claiborne County, Tennessee - Verdie Stubblefield
Death28 Sep 1976Claiborne County, Tennessee
MarriageNora Kitts

Families

SpouseVerdie Stubblefield (1898 - 1922)
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SpouseNora Kitts (1895 - 1982)
ChildDellaphine McBee (1931 - 1948)
FatherOscar L. McBee (1879 - )
MotherSarah Emily Jennings (1878 - 1930)
SiblingWilliam Herman McBee (1902 - )
SiblingJohn Edward McBee (1904 - )
SiblingJames Clayton McBee (1905 - )
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