McGee

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Charles Barton McGee

Charles Barton McGee

(30 May 1883. Inyo County, CA, -1936, San Francisco, CA)

(My Maternal Grandfather)

Called "Bart" by many people.

Farmer, Dairyman, Cowboy, Turkey Raiser

First farmer in Mason Valley, NV to use a tractor

My Grandmother called him a “dirt” farmer

Owned Yerington Dairy, Wabuska, NV

Tonapah Dairy, Tonapah, NV

Owned land in Mason Valley, NV now owned by Misini near Wabuska, NV

Hired ranch workers for a dollar a day during the great depression

Bridge player

Hay fever sufferer

Died: Nov 1936 of pneumonia due to hayfever. Wet taking care of “stupid” turkeys in San Francisco, CA.

Buried in Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, NV

Family Lines:

Wife: Clara Belle Henley (28 Apr 1898, Hawthorne, NV- 14 Jun 1982, Reno, NV Buried: Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, NV) Married: 25 Feb 1920 Reno, NV

Children: Clara Belle McGee (20 Jan 1921, Tonopah, NV-1999), John Barton McGee (26 Feb 1922. Reno, NV), Anna Lee McGee (10 Nov 1924, Tonopah, NV) Charles William McGee (2 May, 1928, Tonopah, NV) (the forbidden child), possible unknown other child lost at birth

Father: Barton McGee (13 Dec 1841, TX)

Mother: Sarah Ann McGee (Carroll) (23 Jan 1856, CA)

Siblings:

Minnie Etta McGee (13 Oct 1977, Mono County,  CA) 

Laura Myrtle McGee (6 Sep 1881, Inyo County, CA) 

George Henry McGee (2 Sep 1885, Inyo County, CA) 

Margaret Amelia McGee (4 Apr 1888, Inyo County, CA)
Allen Taylor McGee (11 Aug 1890, Inyo County, CA)

Elvira Violet McGee (14 Dec 189,2 Inyo County, CA)

Dairyman and cowboy Charles Barton McGee casting giant shadow.

McGee Family Portrait: Bart, wife Clara Belle, daughter Clara Belle, son Jack (John Barton), daughter Anna Lee, son Charles ( Tonopah, NV (1930 appox)

Bart with unknown female rider (possibly one of his sisters)

Bart with wife-to-be Clara Belle Henley, San Diego, CA 1919

Bart and his daughter Clara Belle (June 1921 approx)

Bart and Henrietta Kate Henley (Rosenthal), mother-in-law San Diego, CA 1919

Bart with unknown rider.

Bart with daughter, Clara Belle and wife Clara Belle Henley (1920)

Bart with son, Jack (John Barton) and daughter, Clara Belle (1923 or 1924)

Bart (far right) with unknown friends.

Bart driving 10 horse team

Clara Belle Henley (McGee)

Clara Belle Henley (McGee)

(28 Apr 1898, Hawthorne, NV- 14 Jun 1982, Reno, NV)

(My Maternal Grandmother)

(Note; These are topics I hope to cover in later posts. I wanted to post the outline and some pictures that might interest you.)

Known to her family as “Granna”

Bookkeeper

Yerington & Tonopah Pioneer Diaries

Hartford Insurance

Isabel Construction

American Heart Association

Christmas’ at Granna’s

“Sixty-Thousand Dollar Question”

Dignified and Proper

Setting linen for cowhands

Business Woman’s Association

Stroke Event 1936

Stroke Recovery

Diabetic

445 Thoma Street, Reno Street

Bridge player

Matriarch of family

Autograph Book

Cook Book

Childhood Years 1998-1919

Married Life 1920-1936

Widowed Life 1936-1946

Granna Life 1946-1982

Family Lines:

Husband: Charles Barton McGee (30 May 1883. Inyo County, CA, -1936, San Francisco, CA) Buried: Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, NV) Married: 25 Feb 1920 Reno, NV

Children: Clara Belle (20 Jan 1921, Tonopah, NV-1999), John Barton McGee (26 Feb 1922. Reno, NV), Anna Lee McGee (10 Nov 1924, Tonopah, NV) Charles William McGee (2 May, 1928, Tonopah, NV) (the forbidden child), possible unknown other child lost at birth

Father: William James Henley (11 Nov 1861, PA - 12 Jul 1909, NV)

Mother: Henrietta Kate Rosenthal (May 1867, Hornitos, CA-28 Mar 1926, Reno, NV)

Siblings:

Benjamin Henley

David (Dave) (Davis) Henley

Esther (Essie) Henley (Miller)

Lloyd Henley

William (Willie) James Henley, Jr.  (29 Jun 1894 - 14 Jul 1959)

Childhood Years (1998-1919)

Clara Belle Henley, age 3, Hawthorne, NV (1901)

Clara Belle Henley, age 9, Hawthorne, NV (1907)

Clara Belle Henley’s mother and father, Henrietta Kate Rosenthal Henley and William James Henley, Sr. (Age 7. 1905)

Clara Belle Henley (left) with brother Willie (right)  in Hawthorne, NV.  Center boy is unknown.  (1907-1908?)

Clara Belle Henley (left top), Willie (center top) Henrietta Kate Rosenthal Henley (right top) Bottom Row: unknown, possibly Rosenthals (1906-1909?)

Clara Belle Henley with Rosenthal aunts in Hawthorne, NV (1910-1912?)

Clara Belle Henley with Rosenthal aunts in Hawthorne, NV (1910-1912?)

Clara Belle Henley as teenager in Hawthorne, NV (1912-1914?)

John Barton McGee and Clara Belle Henley before marriage in southern California (1919)

Henrietta Kate Rosenthal Henley (behind) & Clara Belle Henley with unknown male (possibly a Rosenthal) on southern California beach. (1919)