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Ollie Snowden (Nelson) McGee (1898 - 1988)

Ollie Snowden McGee formerly Nelson
Born in West Point, Wayne, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
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Wife of — married 27 Mar 1919 in Wayne, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Died at age 90 in Wayne, Tennesseemap
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Biography

The daughter of John Nelson and his second wife, Rhoda (Kelley) Nelson, Ollie was born in West Point, Tennessee in 1898.[1] She lived there with her family.[2][3] Ollive Nelson married William Edward McGee (1891-1971), the son of James M. McGee and Martha Jane McClanahan, marrying in Wayne County, Tennessee on March 27, 1919.[4] Their children included:

  1. Maxie Wade McGee (1919-1996)
  2. Clara Belle McGee (1921-2011)
  3. William Edward McGee, J. (1922-2003)
  4. Johnnie A. McGee (1924-2011)
  5. Ray B. McGee (1934-2014)

They made their home in Wayne County where, in 1920, the household included her mother-in-law, 74-year-old Emily McGee, and her sister-in-law, 39-year-old Mattie J. McGee.[5]

Ollie passed away at the age of 90 and is buried at Bethlehem Cemetery in Wayne County, Tennessee.[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:Tennessee Delayed Birth Records, 1869–1909. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Ancestry Record 2282 #244779 with attached Image
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCD-WWY : accessed 10 October 2022), Ollie L Nelson in household of John R Nelson, Civil District 15 West Paint town, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T6J-4N7?cc=1727033&wc=QZZH-F4Q%3A133640301%2C136541701%2C133988001%2C1589089543 : 24 June 2017), Tennessee > Lawrence > Civil District 15 > ED 87 > image 8 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-6SBR : 17 January 2021), Edgar McGee and Ollie Nelson, 27 Mar 1919; citing Wayne, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 549,276.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN55-DLS : 17 December 2020), Ollie McGee in entry for N M E McGee, 1920.
  6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVP-QH1Q : 6 August 2020), Ollie Snowden Nelson McGee, Burial, Wayne, Tennessee, United States of America, Bethlehem Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #21016090




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