Odie Bessie (McLain) Dunnam (1898 - 1965)

Born 11 Jan 1898 in Richton, Perry, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 May 1965 at age 67 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

Biography

Odie was born in Richton, Mississippi to John A. McLain nd Margaret Emely Jones on 11 Jan 1898.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

She married Erastus Walden Dunnam about 1926^[6] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Barbara Dunnam was born in South Carolina about 1926.^[6][7]
2. James W. Dunnam was born in South Carolina about 1927.^[6][7]

Odie died in Houston, Harris County, Texas on 18 May 1965.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3XP-5VR : accessed 27 May 2015), Odie Mclain Dunnam, 18 May 1965; citing certificate number 30331, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,755.

   Name: Odie Mclain Dunnam

   Event Type: Death

   Event Date: 18 May 1965

   Event Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

   Gender: Female

   Marital Status: Widowed

   Birth Date: 11 Jan 1898

   Birthplace: Richton, Mississippi

   Father's Name: John A Mclain

   Mother's Name: Margaret Jones

   Certificate Number: 30331

   GS Film number: 2117755

   Digital Folder Number: 005164785

   Image Number: 00955

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96P-CPF : accessed 27 May 2015), William Mclain in household of John Mclain, Beat 3 Washington Precinct, Greene, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 13A, family 219, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,807.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8D-813 : accessed 27 May 2015), George Mc Lain in household of Johnie Mc Lain, Beat 3, Greene, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 17B, family 292, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,753.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4S5-2DN : accessed 27 May 2015), George Mclain in household of John A Mclain, Washington, Greene, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 19A, family 390, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,875.
5. ↑ Busby-McLain family Bible.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMKS-H4M : accessed 11 April 2018), Erastes W Dunnam, Ames, Story, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 21B, line 69, family 665, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 683; FHL microfilm 2,340,418.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3J-318 : accessed 11 April 2018), E W Dunnam, Leland, Beat 4, Washington, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-29A, sheet 10A, line 36, family 229, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2076.