Members Descendants of James C and Elizabeth P McBee and their spouses are welcome to attend family reunions and participate in family oriented activities. The senior McBees had six surviving children - Oliver, Gillie, Maude, Maidee, Paul, and Ernest. Neither Maude nor Ernest McBee had children. Maidee had a daughter, Louise and son, Relmon, but contact with her offspring has been lost. Similarly, we are aware of some Oliver descendants and not others. The following list is mostly descendants of Gillie and some of Paul McBee's. |
expanding the list is much appreciated. |
John McBee contacted a genealogist from Elizabeth Phila Cook (Grandmother McBee) family who passed on a good genealogy for John and , of course, common ancestry for the rest of us. ELIZABETH PHILA COOK ( born 18 Nov 1866 in Coffee County, TN; died 21 October 1943 in Howe, Grayson County, Texas.) She was the daughter of OLIVER WILSON COOK (born 21 March 1817 in Middleton, Middlesex, Conn.; died 19 Nov 1867 in Hillsboro, Coffee Co., Tenn.) and ELIZABETH C.J.N. CHARLES (born 8 Dec 1825 in Coffee Co., Tenn.; died 19 Nov 1867 in Hillsboro, Coffee Co., Tenn). Married JAMES CRAWFORD MCBEE (born 8 Jan 1862 in Hillsboro, Coffee Co., Tenn.; died 24 Aug 1956 in Howe, Grayson Co., Texas) on 2 June 1884 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn. 1. JOHN OLIVER MCBEE (born 13 Nov 1885 in Shelbyville, TN; died 6 Apr 1976 in Sherman, TX) Married Eula Ferris Powell on 16 Dec 1913. 2. THOMAS GILLIE MCBEE (born 20 Mar 1888 in Manchester, Coffee County TN; died 20 Nov 1960 in McKinney, Collin Co., Texas). Married EDNA LEE BLALOCK on 3 Feb 1910 in Sherman, TX. 3. MAUDE FRANCES MCBEE (born 2 May 1890 in Manchester, Coffee County, TN; died 21 Oct 1982 in Sherman, TX.) Married Sam F. Polk 7 May 1911. 4. MAIDEE JANE MCBEE (born 16 June 1895 in Manchester, Coffee County, TN; died 16 Jan 1990. Married Alva W. Curry on 12 Oct 1910. 5. JAMES PAUL MCBEE (born 24 Jan 1897 in Howe, Grayson Co., TX; died 6 Nov 1961 in Dallas, TX) Married Willie M. Cox on 23 Dec 1920. 6. JOHN EARNEST MCBEE ( born 1 Nov 1902 in Howe, Grayson Co. TX; died 1 Apr 1973 in Sherman, TX).Married Winnie Lois Orr on 18 July 1923 in Sherman, TX. 7. LENA PEARL MCBEE (born 5 Dec 1905 in Howe, TX; died 8 Nov 1906). 12th GENERATION: (John, Henry, Edmund, Henry, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin 1, Benjamin 11, Munson, Oliver, Elizabeth P.) THOMAS GILLIE MCBEE (born 20 Mar 1888 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn; died 20 Nov 1960 in McKinney, Collin County, Texas). He was the son of JAMES CRAWFORD MCBEE (born 8 Jan 1862 in Hillsboro, Coffee County, TN; died 24 Aug 1956 in Howe, Grayson County TX) and ELIZABETH PHILA COOK ( born 18 Nov 1866 in Coffee County, TN; died 21 Oct 1943 in Howe, Grayson County, TX). Married EDNA LEE BLALOCK (born 28 Mar 1888 in Whitesboro, Grayson county, TX; died 23 May 1973 in McKinney, Collin County, TX) on 3 Feb 1910. 1. JOHN OLIVER MCBEE (born 16 Feb 1911 in Sherman, Grayson County, TX; died 28 Feb 1996 in Sherman, Grayson County, TX). Married EDNA MARIE TALLEY on 1 June 1934. 2. MARTHA ELIZABETH MCBEE (born 20 Mar 1912; died 16 June 1914) 3. THOMAS GILLIE MCBEE JR. (born 28 Feb 1914 in Sherman, TX; died 11 Apr 1995 in Dallas, TX) 4. EDNA IONE MCBEE (born 7 July 1916 in Sherman, TX; died 2002 in Lafayette, LA) Married Tom R. Murray 23 Apr 1938. 5. NEVA IRENE MCBEE (born 13 Feb 1918 in Sherman, TX; died 2005 ) Married Leslie Walden. 6. JAMES WILLIAM MCBEE (born 30 Nov 1928 in Denison, Grayson County, TX; died Dec 2001. JOHN OLIVER MCBEE (born 16 Feb 1911 in Sherman, Grayson County, TX; died 28 Feb 1996 in Sherman, Grayson, County, TX). He was the son of THOMAS GILLIE MCBEE (born 20 Mar 1888 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, TN; died 20 Nov 1960 in McKinney, Collin County, TX) and EDNA LEE BLALOCK (born 28 Mar 1888 in Whitesboro, Grayson County, TX; died 23 May 1973 in McKinney, Collin County, TX). Married EDNA MARIE TALLEY on 1 June 1934 in Moody, McLennan Co., TX. 1. BETTY CAROLYN MCBEE (born 23 Feb 1935 in Dallas, TX). Married Johnnie Lee Burks 4 Jan 1957 in Dallas, TX. 2. JOHN OLIVER MCBEE 11 (born 13 Jul 1939 in Dallas, TX. Married NANCY LOU CHALENOR (born 7 Jan 1939 in Summit, NJ; died 28 May 2002 in Denison, Grayson County, TX) on 16 Apr 1961 in Dallas, TX. Married MARJORIE ELAINE FAIR (born 7 Oct 1940 in Dallas, TX) on 7 Mar 2003 in Van Alstyne, Grayson,County, TX. |