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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Ruby Phoebe McGee ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Ruby Phoebe McGee
LAST NAME: McGee FIRST NAME: Ruby MIDDLE NAME: Phoebe NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Carter AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 8 Nov 1852 DIED: 2 Apr 1921 BURIED: 6 Apr 1921
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Indiana
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of Mother: Lucy (---) Carter Countryman

Mother is buried in Champoeg Cemetery

1860 IA CENSUS – Ruby Countryman (5y, b Indiana) enumerated with Samuel (27y, b New York, occupation farm labor), Lucy M. (29y, b New York) and Frederick (1y, b Iowa)

1870 MI CENSUS – Ruby Carter (15y, b Indiana) enumerated with Samuel Crothing? (27y, b New York, occupation works on farm), Lucy (39y, b New York), Fredric (11y, b Iowa), Franklin (9y, b Iowa), John (5y, b Wisconsin) and Anson (1y, b Michigan)

1880 KS CENSUS – Ruby T. Carter (24y, b Indiana) enumerated as step-daughter in family of S. Countryman (47y, b New York, occupation farming), Lucy M. (48y, b New York), Fred E. (21y, b Iowa), Frank (19y, b Iowa), John H. (15y, b Iowa). Anson B. (11y, b Michigan) and Horace a. (9y, b Michigan)

MARRIAGE – Richard McGee (35y) and Ruby P. Carter (25y) md 27 Aug 1882, Nemaha Co, Kansas

1900 OR CENSUS - Ruby McGee, age 46, widow, mother of 7 children 6 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Nov 1853 in Indiana, is enumerated with children Frederick, age 16, b. Jun 1883 in Oregon, Maud, age 15, b. Sep 1884 in Oregon, Richard, age 12, b. Aug 1887 in Oregon, Dora, age 11, b. Aug 1898 in Oregon, Ruby, age 8, b. Oct 1891 in Oregon, and Laura, age 6, b. Oct 1893 in Oregon. 
1910 OR CENSUS – Ruby T. Magee [sic; McGee] (55y, b Indiana, widowed, mother of 6 children, occupation farmer), 4 children, all born in Oregon, Dick (23y), Ruby (19y), Lura (17y) and Dora Gesner (22y, married 4y, mother of 1 child), Dora’s husband Liss [Ulysses] Gesner (30y, b Oregon, occupation farm laborer) and their daughter Florence Gesner (3y, b Oregon)

1920 OR CENSUS - Ruby P. McGee, age 67, widowed, b. Indiana, is enumerated with daughter Laura McGee, age 26, b. Oregon, and granddaughter Opal Gesner, age 9, b. Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - DC gives year of birth as 1852, 1900 census record and marker as 1853.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC(Marion County) #204 - Ruby Phoebe McGee, female, widowed (Richard McGee), b. 8 Nov 1852 in Indiana, d. 2 Apr 1921 in Salem, Oregon (163 S. 13th St.) at the age of 68 y's 4 m's 24 d's, name of father Carter, interment 6 Apr, undertaker W. T. Rigdon, informant Miss Sara McGee.

OBITUARY: 

Died at the family residence, 163 South 13th street, Saturday, April 2, 1921, Mrs Ruby P. McGee, at the age of 68 years. She was the mother of Frederick McGee of Macleay, Richard McGee of Grand Ronde, Mrs Ruby Reinke of Oregon City, Mrs Stevens of Portland, Mrs Maud Elkins and Miss Lora McGee of Salem; sister of Frank Countryman of Colton, and Anson B. Countryman of Raymond, Wash, and grandmother of 16. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 3:30 o’clock from the family home under the direction of Rigdon & son. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery, Rev Aldrich officiating.

Capital Journal, Tuesday, April 5, 1921, 5:6-7

INSCRIPTION: 

Mother
Ruby P. McGee
1853 - 1921

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OSBH DC(Marion County) #204

1860 IA CENSUS (Jones Co, Wyoming, FA#426)

1870 MI CENSUS (Hillsdale Co, Pittsford, FA#39)

1880 KS CENSUS (Nemaha Co, Harrison, ED 195, FA#14)

Kansas Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., E. Salem, ED 127, sheet 9A)
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion co, East Salem, ED 207, sheet 4A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 473, sheet 6B)

CJ 5 Apr 1921, 5:6-7

CONTACTS: 
LOT: 422 SPACE: 2 NW LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.165' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.836'
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