Died
at age 72
in Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States
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Biography
Obedience Emily Susan Jones was born on May 3, 1846, in Carrollton, Illinois to John Preston and Julia Ann (Adams) Jones. She married George McGehee on January 19, 1867, in Carrollton, Illinois. They were the parents of Daniel Simpson (1868–1890), Celia Ann Turner (1872–1908), John Albert (1875–1942), Elizabeth Cortney Caroline (1878–1967), Robert Marion Everland (1881–1884), George Millard Harrison (1883–1884), Henry G. (1886-1954), and Benjamin Charles (1888–1944). She died on March 5, 1919, in Canon City, Colorado at the age of 72, and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery in Canon City, Colorado.
Fact: Residence (1850) Greene, Illinois, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Saguache, Saguache, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1885) Saguache, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Saguache, Saguache, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Canon Ward 3, Fremont, Colorado, United States
Fact: Burial (1919) Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States
Sources
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M85R-C84 : Thu Mar 16 07:31:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary Jane Jones and Frances M Jones, 1850.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDK-HDD : 13 January 2022), Emma McGehe in household of George McGehe, Saguache, Saguache, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
1885 Census: "Colorado State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8WK-7YH : 4 March 2021), Emily Mcgee in entry for Geo Mcgee, 1885; citing NARA microfilm publication M158 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 498,510.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK47-MWR : accessed 16 May 2023), Marge E Mcgehee in household of Ben Mcgehee, Canon Ward 3, Fremont, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 26B, family 863, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 119; FHL microfilm 1,374,132.
Marriage: "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-6MF1 : 4 November 2017), George McGehee and Bedie Emilly Susan Jones, 19 Jun 1867; citing , Greene, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,310,037.
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