Mabel Virginia (Johnson) Menefee (1904 - 1978)

Born 20 Oct 1904 in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio, United States

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Died 16 Sep 1978 at age 73 in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, United States

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Mabel (Johnson) Menefee is a part of US Black heritage.

Mabel Virginia Johnson was born on 20 Oct 1904 in Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio, United States of America. She was the daughter of Christopher Johnson and Grace Anderson.^[1] She grew up in Jefferson Township, Ross County, Ohio with her family.^{[2] [3]}

Mabel married Frederick Menefee on 21 Dec 1920.^[4] They had seven children and two foster sons.^[5] In 1930 and 1940 their family lived in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. Frederick was a janitor at a paper mill. In 1930, they were living with Mabel's sister Laura and her family.^[6][7] Mabel was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church.^[5]

Mabel died on 16 Sep 1978 at the age of 73 in the Medical Center Hospital in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio.^[5] She was buried in Grandview Cemetery in Chillicothe.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Ohio, Ross County, Birth Record Registrations & Corrections, Volume 8, page 353-354, Mabel Virginia Johnson, born 20 Oct 1904, filed 19 Feb 1943; "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q238-P1BL : accessed 3 May 2022), citing film #005252991, images 579-580.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," ED 160, Jefferson Township, Ross County, Ohio, USA; sheet 2A, family 24, dwelling 24, Mabel Johnson in Christian Johnson household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLD3-NVL
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", ED 123, Jefferson Township, Ross County, Ohio, USA; sheet 4B, family 72, dwelling 72; Mabel V Johnson in Christopher G Johnson household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDG5-S5D
4. ↑ Ohio, Ross County, Marriage Records, 1920-1921 Volume 14, page 186, no. 186, Frederick Menfee and Mabel Virginia Johnson, 21 Dec 1920; "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDP4-LXL : accessed 3 May 2022), citing film #004017763, image 884.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Mabel Menefee obituary, Chillicothe [Ohio] Gazette, 18 Sep 1978, page 2, column 1-2; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100939210/ column 1 and https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88662398/ column 2 : accessed 3 May 2022).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," ED 71-23, Chillicothe Ward 3, Ross County, Ohio, USA; sheet 16B, family 423, dwelling 359, 311 Mechanic Street, lines 85-88, Mabel Menefee in Frederick Menefee household; NARA microfilm T626, roll 1865; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4CH-Z37
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," ED 71-30, Chillicothe Ward 3, Ross County, Ohio, USA; sheet 4A-4B, family 77, 54 Seventh Street, lines 35-40 (sheet 4A) & 41-46 (sheet 4B), Mabel Menefee in Frederick Menefee household; NARA microfilm T627, roll 3138; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWLN-NGW
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152072499/mabel-v-menefee : accessed 03 May 2022), memorial page for Mabel V. Menefee (1904–1978), Find A Grave: Memorial #152072499, citing Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by RFB Jenkins (contributor 47712974).