Mary Elizabeth MCGHEE b. 5 Jul 1875 , Guthrie, Iowa, USA d. 8 Sep 1959 Otis, Washington, Colorado, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1875 - 1959 (84 years)

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Name	Mary Elizabeth MCGHEE [1]
Born	5 Jul 1875	, Guthrie, Iowa, USA [2, 3]
Gender	Female
Census	21 Apr 1930	, Waseca, Minnesota, USA
ED 2, pg 5B
Blooming Grove Township Hiram Powell Head M 61 Minnesota Mary Powell Wife F 60 Minnesota Joe Powell Son M 19 Minnesota Robert Powell Son M 15 Minnesota John Powell Son M 13 Minnesota Elizabeth Tanner Servant F 54 Iowa Hiram owns a dairy farm.
Census	18 Apr 1940	Otis, Washington, Colorado, USA
ED 61-10, pg 1B
Precinct 6 Elizabeth Green Head M 64 Iowa William Mcghee Brother M 79 Iowa They're both widowed and lived in the same place in 1935.
Name	Lizzie McGhee [4]
Residence	1954	Otis, Washington, Colorado, USA
Died	8 Sep 1959	Otis, Washington, Colorado, USA [5]
Buried	14 Sep 1959	Waseca, Waseca, Minnesota, USA
	Address: Woodville Cemetery Waseca County Waseca County, Minnesota
Obituary	16 Sep 1959	Waseca, Waseca, Minnesota, USA
Waseca Journal
Mrs. Mary Seel, Former County Resident Dies Mary Elizabeth Seel, Otis, Colorado, mother of Mrs. Ann Carleton, Waseca, died at 11 p. m. Tuesday, September 8, after a short illness. Funeral services were held at Akron, Colo., on Friday, Sept. 11, and burial was at Woodville cemetery in Waseca on Monday. Mary Elizabeth McGhee was born July 5, 1875 at Yale, Iowa, the daughter of Meredith and Mary Ann McGhee. On August 25, 1894, she married George Tanner and they spent a large part of their married life in Waseca county. Mr. Tanner passed away June 20, 1928, and in 1935, she moved to Otis, Colorado, where she remained until her death. Surviving are two sons, Jesse Tanner, Calumet, Minn.; Lloyd Tanner, residence unknown; one daughter, Ann May Carleton, Waseca; six grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and two brothers, Bert McGhee, Los Angeles, Calif., and Virgil McGhee, Chicago, Ill.
Person ID	I11347	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	30 Jul 2018

Father	Merideth MCGHEE, b. 1838, , Hancock, Ohio, USA , d. 10 Jun 1914, Gale, Guthrie, Iowa, USA (Age 76 years)
Mother	Mary Ann ERWIN, b. 29 Apr 1839, , , Ohio, USA , d. 12 Nov 1924 (Age 85 years)
Married	15 Dec 1859	, Allamakee, Iowa, USA [6]
Family ID	F3535	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

This was a tricky one with her first marriage record being transcribed as Farmer and the 1910 census in Minnesota is also indexed as Farmer.
Two brothers, Bert of Los Angeles, California, and Ervin of Chicago and his sister, Elizabeth Seel of Otis survive him.

Sources

[S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Farmer, George M.
to Mary E McGhee
parents - M McGee and Mary Irvin
[S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Farmer, George M.
age 18
[S2498] 1900 Waseca MN, ED 162, pg 5A.
age 24, Jul 1875, Iowa
[S2498] 1900 Waseca MN, ED 162, pg 5A.
Lizzie M Tanner
[S767] Obituary, Waseca Journal, 16 Sep 1959, Mrs Mary Seel.
[S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), McGee, Meredith.
to Mary Ann Irving, 15 Dec 1859, Allamakee County