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Re: Who are my ancestors?
Posted by: V. Slaughter (ID *****2608) Date: June 22, 2007 at 13:17:45
In Reply to: Who are my ancestors? by Jo Anne McAbee of 435

Family Group Sheet
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Husband: John McAbee
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Birth: Jul 1856 South Carolina
Census: 1900 Gaffney, Limestone township, Cherokee Co., South Carolina
Census: 1910 Riverside Mill Village, Varennes township, Anderson Co., South Carolina
Death: bef 1920

Misc: may be the son of James M. McAbee. Census records indicate this is probably so.
Marriage: abt 1877
Father: James M McAbee (1817- )
Mother: Malinda Garrett (1820- )
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Wife: Sarah Gowans
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Birth: 1 Jul 1860 South Carolina
Death: 14 Apr 1930 of uremia; Greenville township, Greenville Co., South Carolina
Burial: 15 Apr 1930 Ware Shoals Cemetery, Greenville Co., South Carolina
Father: Martin Gowans ( - )
Mother: Marguerite Laurence ( - )
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Children
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1 M Unknown McAbee
Birth: bet 1877-1884 South Carolina
Spouse:
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2 M Charles Ervin McAbee
Birth: 5 Jan 1879 North Carolina
Census: 1900 Cherokee township, Cherokee Co., South Carolina
Census: 1910 Woodruff Ward 1, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina
Census: 1920 Abbeville Co., South Carolina
Census: 1930 Fort Mill township, York Co., South Carolina
Death: 4 Sep 1957 Greer, Greenville Co., South Carolina
Spouse: Laura Alice Campbell (1883-1955)
Marriage: 1900 Cherokee Co., South Carolina
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3 F Cora McAbee
Birth: bet 1880-1883 South Carolina
Spouse: Sprouse ( - )
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4 F Martha A McAbee
Birth: 13 Sep 1884 South Carolina
Death: 26 Oct 1975 Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia
Spouse: Bailey ( - )
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5 M Yewell A McAbee
Birth: 31 Mar 1887 South Carolina
Death: Nov 1970 Rock Hill, York Co., South Carolina
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6 F Norah E McAbee
Birth: 17 Oct 1889 South Carolina
Death: 2 Dec 1975 Austell, Cobb Co., Georgia
Spouse: Turner ( - )
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7 F Dora Elizabeth McAbee
Birth: 17 Oct 1889 South Carolina
Death: Sep 1981 Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina
Spouse: Grover Cleveland Haralson (1886- )
Marriage: abt 1908
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8 F Etta E McAbee
Birth: 11 Feb 1892 South Carolina
Death: 17 Jun 1983 Rome, Floyd Co., Georgia
Spouse: Denson ( - )
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9 M Benjamin Tillman McAbee
Birth: 29 Jun 1894 South Carolina
WW1 Reg Cd: 1917/18 Greenwood Co., South Carolina
Death: 16 Feb 1941
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10 M Fred McAbee
Birth: Dec 1897 South Carolina
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11 F Minnie L McAbee
Birth: 28 Jul 1900 South Carolina
Death: Sep 1990 South Carolina
Spouse: Carr ( - )
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12 M Alvin E McAbee
Birth: abt 1903 South Carolina
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Prepared 22 Jun 2007 by:
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HUSBAND NOTES: John McAbee
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Census (1900):
1900 Cherokee Co., South Carolina Census
Page, Gaffney, Limestone township, Cherokee Co., South Carolina
Family Number 52/54
       John McAbee              head       M W Jul 1856 43 married 23       SC SC SC farm laborer
       Sarah McAbee              wife       F W Jul 1861 38 married 23 10 children/10 living SC SC SC
       Martha A McAbee       dau       F W Sep 1884 15       SC SC SC cotton mill spinner
Yewell McAbee        son       M W Mar 1887 13       SC SC SC cotton mill spinner
Norah McAbee        dau       F W Sep 1889 10       SC SC SC cotton mill spinner
Dora McAbee              dau       F W Sep 1889 10       SC SC SC cotton mill spinner
Etta E McAbee        dau       F W Feb 1892 8              SC SC SC
Benjamin T McAbee       son       M W Jun 1894 5              SC SC SC
Fred McAbee              son       M W Dec 1897 2       SC SC SC

Census (1910):
1910 Anderson Co., South Carolina Census
Page 15B, Varennes township, Anderson Co., South Carolina
Family Number 207/219 Hall street Riverside Mill Village (not incorporated)
       John MacAbee       head       M W 54 1st marriage 34 years SC SC SC no occupation listed
       Sarah McAbee              wife       F W 49 1st marriage 34 years 12 children/11 living SC SC SC
       Ben T McAbee       son       M W 14                     SC SC SC doffer in a cotton mill
       Charles I McAbee       grandson M W 14                     SC SC SC doffer in a cotton mill
       Minnie L McAbee       dau       F W 10                     SC SC SC
       Alvin E McAbee       son       M W 7                            SC SC SC
       Dora Harrison              dau       F W 20 1st marriage 2 years 2 children/2 living SC SC SC
       Grover C Harrison       son in law M W 24 1st marriage 2 years SC SC SC loom fixer
in a cotton mill
       Charles L Harrison       grandson M W 1 9/12                     SC SC SC
       Baby Harrison              grandson M W 0                     SC SC SC



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CHILD NOTES: Charles Ervin McAbee
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Census (1900): 1900 Cherokee Co., South Carolina Census
Page 2A, Cherokee township, Cherokee Co., South Carolina
Family Number
       Charles McAbee       head W M Jan 1880 20 married 0 years NC NC NC weaver in a cotton
mill
       Laura McAbee        wife W F Jun 1883 16 married 0 years, no children GA SC SC
       Lawrence Strait        boarder W M Jan 1880 married 0 years SC SC SC weaver in a
cotton mill
       Mollie Strait              boarder W F Feb 1881 married 0 years, no children SC SC SC

Census (1910): 1910 Spartanburg Co., South Carolina Census
Page 25B, Woodruff Ward 6, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina
Family Number 441/451 48 Buncombe Street
       Charlie McAbee       head        M W 30 1st marriage 10 years       SC SC SC second hand in a
cotton mill
       Laura McAbee       wife        F W 26 1st marriage 10 years 2 children/2 living GA SC SC
       Ellie McAbee              dau       F W 4                     GA SC GA
       Arthur McAbee       son       M W 2                     SC SC GA


Census (1920): 1920 Abbeville County, South Carolina Census
Page 11A, Abbeville Ward 3, Abbeville Co., South Carolina
Family Number 201/225 59 Maple street
       Charlie I McAbee       head       M W 40              SC NC NC weaver in a cotton mill
       Laura A McAbee       wife       F W 36              GA SC SC
       Effie E McAbee       dau       F W 14              GA SC GA
       Auther McAbee       son       M W 12              SC SC GA
       James G McAbee       son       M W 7                     SC SC GA
       Charles W McAbee       son       M W 3 10/12              GA SC GA
       Ruby M McAbee       dau       F W 1 11/12              SC SC GA

Census (1930):
1930 York Co., South Carolina Census
Page 15A, Fort Mill township, York Co., South Carolina
Family Number 311/311
       Charles E McAbee       head       M W 50 married at 19       SC SC SC overseer in a cotton mill
       Laura A McAbee       wife       F W 46 married at 16       GA SC SC
       James G McAbee       son       M W 18 married at 18       SC SC GA weaver in a cotton mill
       Elma L McAbee        daughter-in-law F W 19 married at 18 GA SC GA
       Weldon C McAbee       son       M W 14              GA SC GA
       Ruby M McAbee       dau       F W 12              SC SC GA
       Ida E McAbee              dau       F W 9                     SC SC GA
       Alvin L McAbee       son       M W 6                     SC SC GA


Death (4 Sep 1957):
MCABEE, CHARLES E.
78, Greer, h/o Laura Campbell McAbee, 9-5-57 p. 25
Charlie E. McAbee
GREER- Funeral services for Charlie E. McAbee, 78, of Greer Route 5,
who died Wednesday at 12:40 a.m. at his home after 18 months of declining health
and a serious illness of six weeks, will be held Friday at 5 p.m. at Victor
Baptist Church.
The Revs. R. P. Lamb, John Davis and Homer Durham will officiate. Burial
will be in Mountain View Cemetery.
Mr. McAbee was born and reared at Piedmont and was a son of the late John
and Sarah Bowan McAbee. He had lived here for the past 20 years and was a member
of Victor Baptist Church. His wife, Laura Campbell McAbee, died two years ago.
Surviving are: three daughters, Misses Ida and Ruby McAbee, both of the
home, and Mrs. W. F. Starnes of Rock Hill, three sons, Welton of Paris, A. B. of
Greer and Grady McAbee of Lexington, N.C.: two brothers, Alvin of Atlanta and Y.
A. McAbee of Rock Hill: six sisters, Mrs. Dora Haralson of Spartanburg, Mrs.
Cora Sprouse of Gray Court, Mrs. Nora Turner of Austell, Ga., Mrs. Martha Bailey
of Atlanta, Mrs. Etta Denson of Rome, Ga., and Mrs. Minnie Carr of Alderson, W.
Va.; 27 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be: Alex Bolter, Grover Neighbors, Bill Snyder, Ennis
Sloan, Ralph Bispoh and Paul Campbell.
Deacons of Vistor Baptist Church will form the honorary escort. The body is
at the Wood Mortuary and will be taken to the home Thursday at 10 a.m.



General: Slender build, of medium heighth, grey eyes with black hair, worked for
Ware Shorls Manufacturing as a mill operator in 1918 in Greenwood Co., South
Carolina. Next of kin was Laura Alice McAbee. He could read and write


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CHILD NOTES: Martha A McAbee
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Death (26 Oct 1975): Name: Martha Bailey
SSN: 259-82-4209
Last Residence: 30315 Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States of America
Born: 13 Sep 1884
Died: Oct 1975
State (Year) SSN issued: Georgia (1966 )
Social Security Death Index Ancestry.com

Name: Martha A Bailey
Death Date: 26 Oct 1975
County of Death: Fulton
Gender: F Race: W
Age: 92 years
County of Residence: Clayton Certificate: 032684
George Deaths 1919-1998 Ancestry.com

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CHILD NOTES: Yewell A McAbee
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Birth (31 Mar 1887): (1)
Death (Nov 1970): (1)

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CHILD NOTES: Norah E McAbee
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Death (2 Dec 1975):
Name:       Nora Turner       
SSN:       257-08-0355        
Last Residence:       30001 Austell, Cobb, Georgia, United States of America       
Born:       17 Oct 1889       
Died:       Dec 1975       
State (Year) SSN issued:       Georgia (1973 )       
Social Security Death Index Ancestry.com

Name: Nora E Turner
Death Date: 02 Dec 1975
County of Death: Cobb
Gender: F
Race: W
Age: 86 years
County of Residence: Cobb Certificate: 038353
George Deaths 1919-1998 Ancestry.com



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CHILD NOTES: Dora Elizabeth McAbee
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Death (Sep 1981):
       Dora Haralson       
SSN:       247-18-4972        
Last Residence:       29301 Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
of America       
Born:       17 Oct 1889       
Died:       Sep 1981       
State (Year) SSN issued:       South Carolina (Before 1951 )       
Social Security Death Index Ancestry.com

HARALSON, DORA ELIZABETH MCABEE
91, Spartanburg, w/o Grover Cleveland Haralson, 9-3-81 C6
Mrs. Dora Elizabeth Haralson
Dora Elizabeth Haralson, 91, of 230 Augusta Road, widow of Grover
Cleveland Haralson, died Wednesday morning in Doctors Memorial Hospital
Native of Atlanta; daughter of the late John and Sara Gowan McAbee; retired
Mayfair Mills; member of South Church Street Church of God.
Surviving: sons, Ben Haralson of Arcadia, Raymond Haralson of Atlanta,
James Haralson of Florence, Ernest Haralson of Lexington, N.C.; daughters: Mrs.
Etta Scott of Clinton, Mrs. Virginia George of Spartanburg: brother, the Rev.
Erving McAbee of Greenville; sister, Mrs Minnie Russo of Clearwater Beach, Fla;
36 grand children; 64 great-grandchildren; 11 great great grandchildren.
Services 3 today at Floyd's North Church Street Chapel oby the Rev. Dennis
R. Reid; burial in Arcadia Cemetery.
Pallbearers: Donnie, Junior, Jimmy, Jack and Gene Haralson, Ronnie George.

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CHILD NOTES: Etta E McAbee
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Death (17 Jun 1983):
Name:       Etta Denson       
SSN:       257-38-6983        
Last Residence:       30161 Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States of America       
Born:       11 Feb 1892       
Died:       Jun 1983       
State (Year) SSN issued:       Georgia (Before 1951 )       
Social Security Death Index Ancestry.com

Name: Etta M Denson
Death Date: 17 Jun 1983
County of Death: Floyd
Gender: F
Race: W
Age: 91 years
County of Residence: Floyd
Certificate: 022236 Date Filed: 21 Jun 1983
George Deaths 1919-1998 Ancestry.com


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CHILD NOTES: Benjamin Tillman McAbee
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Birth (29 Jun 1894): (1)
WW1 Reg Cd (1917/18):
Name:       Ben Tillman McAbee       
City:       Not Stated        
County:       Greenwood        
State:       South Carolina        
Birthplace:       Georgia        
Birth Date:       29 Jun 1894       
Race:       Caucasian (White)        
Roll:       1877666        
DraftBoard:       0        

World War I Draft Registration Card 1917-1918 Ancestry.com
Death (16 Feb 1941): Name: Ben T. McAbee
SSN: 248-10-7782
Born: 29 Jun 1895
Died: 16 Feb 1941
State (Year) SSN issued: South Carolina (Before 1951 )
Social Security Death Index Ancestry.com(1)

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CHILD NOTES: Minnie L McAbee
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Death (Sep 1990): Name: Minnie L. Carr
SSN: 249-07-1724
Born: 28 Jul 1900
Died: Sep 1990
State (Year) SSN issued: South Carolina (Before 1951 )
Social Security Death Index Ancestr.com

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SOURCES
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1. Social Security Death Index.

I believe this is your family. Would like to know more about your connection to this family. Thanks.


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