Catherine (Gray) McGehee (1827 - 1902)

Born 16 Jan 1827 in Pike, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 1902 at about age 74 in Amite, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Catherine Gray was born January 16, 1827, and died about April 14, 1904. She married #1 John H. McGehee (son of William C. and Sarah Jane (Scott) McGehee, born December 16, 1821, and died February 2, 1870, in Amite County, buried in John H. McGehee Cemetery) and #2 Col. John Winfield Sharp on February 2, 1887, in Pike County. Col. Sharp was Chief of Police of Summit, MS and son of George and Mary Musadore Hamilton Sharp.

She’s buried in the John McGehee Cemetery, Amite County, MS.

Children of Catherine and John McGehee:

1. Jane Alzenith Mcgehee, 1845–1853
2. Mary Alice Mcgehee, 1847–1862
3. Iverson H. L. Mcgehee 1850–1854
4. J. H. L. Mcgehee 1850–Deceased
5. Cora Monette McGehee1856–1858

Her twin sister, Catharine Eveline Crawford (1827–1902) is on a triple marker with John H and Catharine Gray McGehee. They appear together in the 1900 Census, as sisters to Salena E (Gray) Hart, and are shown as Evelin Crawford and Catherine Sharp.

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Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 123652798

• http://msgw.org/pike/graysherard.html

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LW-PFV : 22 December 2020), John H Mc Gehee, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G4-F8W : 18 February 2021), John H Mc Gehee, 1860.