Hennessee, Nancy Elvira

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• Census: 05 Aug 1870, Warren County, Tennessee
• Residence: 1907, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Notes:

Obituary: Mrs Hennessee Dies in Lawton - Funeral Services To Be Held At Pecan Cemetery on Monday.
Mrs. J. D. Hennessee, 69, wife of Lawton's city jailer and janitor, died at 9:30 Saturday night at the family residence at 1008 "G" avenue. Mrs. Hennessee had been in bad health about four years. Her condition had been serious for nearly a month. She was born February 4, 1866, McMinnville, Warren County, TN. The family moved to Texas while she was a girl. She married to J. D. Hennessee in October 1890 at Arlington, Texas. They came to Lawton in 1907. Surviving are her husband, one son, Raymond; three sisters, Mrs. Nellie (Elender) Cunningham & Mrs. Sallie Rhoades (sic Rhodes) both of Lawton, & Mrs. Carrie Chaffin of Dallas, Texas; & one brother, Wm. Patrick Hennessee of Lawton.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Pecan cemetery near Lawton. Burial will be made in that cemetery with the Lawton Funeral home in charge. Friends sympathize with members of the family in their bereavement.
Nancy was called "Aunt Wheeler". The d/o Archibald H. & Mary (Hayes) Hennessee. w/o John Drake Hennessee, s/o Patrick & Hannah L. (Harrison) Hennessee. Nancy & John Drake Hennessee were 2nd cousins. One son born to this union: Raymond Elmore Hennessee, b. 30 Oct. 1895, Kaufman Co., TX

Nancy married Hennessee, John Drake in Oct 1890 in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. John (son of Hennessee, Patrick Scott and Harrison, Hannah L.) was born on 22 Aug 1865 in Van Buren, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harrison, Annie. Annie (daughter of Harrison, George W. and Woods, Mattie Roxie) was born on 15 Jul 1900 in Ryan, Jefferson County, Oklahoma; died on 01 Dec 1998 in Burnet County, Texas; was buried in Pecan Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]