Martha Eleanor McGee

14 September 1839–11 January 1905 (Age 65)
Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Martha Eleanor

When Martha Eleanor McGee was born on 14 September 1839, in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, her father, William McGee, was 34 and her mother, Martha Patterson, was 37. She married Arthur H. Bell about 1855. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Lincoln, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Edinburg, Leake, Mississippi, United States in 1880. She died on 11 January 1905, in Leake, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mcgee Cemetery, Marydell, Leake, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Webster Henderson
1831–1916
Martha Eleanor McGee
1839–1905
Marriage: 27 April 1865
Alice Tennessee Henderson
1866–1915
Cora Lee Henderson
1868–1961
Lula Henderson
1870–1904
Walter Gray Henderson
1873–1950
Daniel Wilson Henderson Jr
1875–1953
Lilla Oma Henderson
1877–1956
Nora Myrtle Henderson
1880–1969
Alfy L Henderson
1893–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 April 1865
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 7
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1846
    Age 7
    Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
    1861
    Age 22
    Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aoidh or Mag Aodha ‘son of Aodh’, an old personal name meaning ‘fire’, originally the name of a pagan god. See also McCoy .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Magie
    Magee
    McGhie
    McCoy
    McGhee

    Sources (9)

    • Elna Henderson in household of David W Henderson, "United States Census, 1900"
    • Martha E Mcgee, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
    • Martha Elde Mcgee in entry for Nora Myrtle Riddell, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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