Rebecca Beach: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Rebecca Beach was born about 1858 in Mississippi; and died.

Rebecca married J. L. "Jack" McGrew about 1879 in Wayne County, Mississippi. J. (son of William McGrew and Dorinda "Rendy" Lott) was born in Apr 1848 in Mississippi; died on 25 Dec 1928 in Carnes, Forrest County, Mississippi; was buried in Brooklyn Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Annie Elizabeth McGrew was born on 7 Dec 1879 in Mississippi; died on 6 Aug 1943 in Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi; was buried in Brooklyn Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi.
3. William Cola "Coley" McGrew was born on 27 Jul 1883 in Mississippi; died on 9 Nov 1946 in Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi.

Generation: 2

Annie Elizabeth McGrew

(1.Rebecca¹) was born on 7 Dec 1879 in Mississippi; died on 6 Aug 1943 in Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi; was buried in Brooklyn Cemetery, Forrest County, Mississippi.

Notes:

On the 1880 Wayne County, Mississippi census, she is listed as six months old Elizabeth, and in 1900, in Perry County, as Annie, born Dec 1870. Date of birth often shown as 7 Dec 1877, but 1879 is more likely based on the above referenced census listings.

Wynema McGrew shows that she married Paul DEAN, born in Illinois.

William Cola "Coley" McGrew

(1.Rebecca¹) was born on 27 Jul 1883 in Mississippi; died on 9 Nov 1946 in Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi.

Notes:

Wynema McGrew writes that he was a bachelor and lived with his sisters when he was unable to work. He worked for a railroad company. He died at King's Daughters Hospital at Gulfport.