History by her great great grandson Phillip Plotz, M.D.
Her given name was Martha Ida Cotton but she went by Ida probably because her mother also was named Martha.
Martha Ida Cotton was born on 4 Mar 1863 in Williamson County, TN to parents William Henry Cotton (1832-1892) and Martha Jane Ballard Cotton (1829-1902). They were farmers in Williamson and her father had been in the 11th Tenn Cavalry of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The Cotton family is of Scotch-Irish descent.
She was one of seven children. Her siblings include:
Henry William Cotton (?1855-1937)
Sarah Jane Cotton (?1855-1916)
Charles C. Cotton (1858-?)
William Francis Cotton (1859-1945)
Myra Mollie Ann Cotton (1866-1947)
Delia Nancy Cotton (1869-1917)
Ida married Jesse Henry Frank McGee (1857-1918) on 18 Dec 1879 at the age of 16 in Williamson County. He was a teamster and farmer. Her husband went by the name Frank. They had the following children: Sally McGee (1882-1962), Alice A. McGee (1884-?), William Franklin McGee (1885-1945), Mary Maggie McGee (1889-1956) and Maud Ursula McGee (1891-1923).
They moved to Davidson County, TN by the age of 37 in 1900 and then to Paragould, AR some time before the age of 54 in 1920. The move to Arkansas was likely in part to be near her daughter Maud.
Her daughter Maud died of measles in Grider, AR at the age of 31 in 1923 leaving 3 young girls (Mattie, Juanita, and Louise, ages 11, 7 and 4) to be cared for by their step- father Luther Martin Tanner Sr. who was already 63 years old. So it is likely that Ida helped to raise the girls.
Ida died on 24 Nov 1939 of heart disease and high blood pressure at the age of 76 in Paragould and was buried in Linwood Cemetery.
From the Paragould Soliphone
November 24, 1939, Page 1
Mrs. Ida McGee Dies At
Home of Her Son
Mrs. Ida McGee, aged 76
died at 8:40 this morning at
the home of her son, Will Mc-
Gee, 726 North Second street
following an illness of two
years due to heart trouble and
high blood pressure. She had
been bedfast for six weeks.
Mrs. McGee was a native of
Tennessee but had been a resi-
dent of Arkansas 30 years, re-
siding both in Paragould and
at Beech Grove during that
time. She was the widow of
Frank McGee.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted at two o'clock Sunday
from the family residence and
burial will be made in Lin-
wood cemetery. The Rev. G.
W. Archer, pastor of the East
Side Baptist church, will of-
ficiate.
Surviving are three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Walter Elrod of St.
Louis, Mrs. Fletcher Mitchell
of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs.
Everett Dalton of Rector: one
son, Will McGee of Paragould:
17 grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
Her given name was Martha Ida Cotton but she went by Ida probably because her mother also was named Martha.
Martha Ida Cotton was born on 4 Mar 1863 in Williamson County, TN to parents William Henry Cotton (1832-1892) and Martha Jane Ballard Cotton (1829-1902). They were farmers in Williamson and her father had been in the 11th Tenn Cavalry of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The Cotton family is of Scotch-Irish descent.
She was one of seven children. Her siblings include:
Henry William Cotton (?1855-1937)
Sarah Jane Cotton (?1855-1916)
Charles C. Cotton (1858-?)
William Francis Cotton (1859-1945)
Myra Mollie Ann Cotton (1866-1947)
Delia Nancy Cotton (1869-1917)
Ida married Jesse Henry Frank McGee (1857-1918) on 18 Dec 1879 at the age of 16 in Williamson County. He was a teamster and farmer. Her husband went by the name Frank. They had the following children: Sally McGee (1882-1962), Alice A. McGee (1884-?), William Franklin McGee (1885-1945), Mary Maggie McGee (1889-1956) and Maud Ursula McGee (1891-1923).
They moved to Davidson County, TN by the age of 37 in 1900 and then to Paragould, AR some time before the age of 54 in 1920. The move to Arkansas was likely in part to be near her daughter Maud.
Her daughter Maud died of measles in Grider, AR at the age of 31 in 1923 leaving 3 young girls (Mattie, Juanita, and Louise, ages 11, 7 and 4) to be cared for by their step- father Luther Martin Tanner Sr. who was already 63 years old. So it is likely that Ida helped to raise the girls.
Ida died on 24 Nov 1939 of heart disease and high blood pressure at the age of 76 in Paragould and was buried in Linwood Cemetery.
From the Paragould Soliphone
November 24, 1939, Page 1
Mrs. Ida McGee Dies At
Home of Her Son
Mrs. Ida McGee, aged 76
died at 8:40 this morning at
the home of her son, Will Mc-
Gee, 726 North Second street
following an illness of two
years due to heart trouble and
high blood pressure. She had
been bedfast for six weeks.
Mrs. McGee was a native of
Tennessee but had been a resi-
dent of Arkansas 30 years, re-
siding both in Paragould and
at Beech Grove during that
time. She was the widow of
Frank McGee.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted at two o'clock Sunday
from the family residence and
burial will be made in Lin-
wood cemetery. The Rev. G.
W. Archer, pastor of the East
Side Baptist church, will of-
ficiate.
Surviving are three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Walter Elrod of St.
Louis, Mrs. Fletcher Mitchell
of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs.
Everett Dalton of Rector: one
son, Will McGee of Paragould:
17 grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
History by her great great grandson Phillip Plotz, M.D.
Her given name was Martha Ida Cotton but she went by Ida probably because her mother also was named Martha.
Martha Ida Cotton was born on 4 Mar 1863 in Williamson County, TN to parents William Henry Cotton (1832-1892) and Martha Jane Ballard Cotton (1829-1902). They were farmers in Williamson and her father had been in the 11th Tenn Cavalry of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The Cotton family is of Scotch-Irish descent.
She was one of seven children. Her siblings include:
Henry William Cotton (?1855-1937)
Sarah Jane Cotton (?1855-1916)
Charles C. Cotton (1858-?)
William Francis Cotton (1859-1945)
Myra Mollie Ann Cotton (1866-1947)
Delia Nancy Cotton (1869-1917)
Ida married Jesse Henry Frank McGee (1857-1918) on 18 Dec 1879 at the age of 16 in Williamson County. He was a teamster and farmer. Her husband went by the name Frank. They had the following children: Sally McGee (1882-1962), Alice A. McGee (1884-?), William Franklin McGee (1885-1945), Mary Maggie McGee (1889-1956) and Maud Ursula McGee (1891-1923).
They moved to Davidson County, TN by the age of 37 in 1900 and then to Paragould, AR some time before the age of 54 in 1920. The move to Arkansas was likely in part to be near her daughter Maud.
Her daughter Maud died of measles in Grider, AR at the age of 31 in 1923 leaving 3 young girls (Mattie, Juanita, and Louise, ages 11, 7 and 4) to be cared for by their step- father Luther Martin Tanner Sr. who was already 63 years old. So it is likely that Ida helped to raise the girls.
Ida died on 24 Nov 1939 of heart disease and high blood pressure at the age of 76 in Paragould and was buried in Linwood Cemetery.
From the Paragould Soliphone
November 24, 1939, Page 1
Mrs. Ida McGee Dies At
Home of Her Son
Mrs. Ida McGee, aged 76
died at 8:40 this morning at
the home of her son, Will Mc-
Gee, 726 North Second street
following an illness of two
years due to heart trouble and
high blood pressure. She had
been bedfast for six weeks.
Mrs. McGee was a native of
Tennessee but had been a resi-
dent of Arkansas 30 years, re-
siding both in Paragould and
at Beech Grove during that
time. She was the widow of
Frank McGee.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted at two o'clock Sunday
from the family residence and
burial will be made in Lin-
wood cemetery. The Rev. G.
W. Archer, pastor of the East
Side Baptist church, will of-
ficiate.
Surviving are three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Walter Elrod of St.
Louis, Mrs. Fletcher Mitchell
of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs.
Everett Dalton of Rector: one
son, Will McGee of Paragould:
17 grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
Her given name was Martha Ida Cotton but she went by Ida probably because her mother also was named Martha.
Martha Ida Cotton was born on 4 Mar 1863 in Williamson County, TN to parents William Henry Cotton (1832-1892) and Martha Jane Ballard Cotton (1829-1902). They were farmers in Williamson and her father had been in the 11th Tenn Cavalry of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The Cotton family is of Scotch-Irish descent.
She was one of seven children. Her siblings include:
Henry William Cotton (?1855-1937)
Sarah Jane Cotton (?1855-1916)
Charles C. Cotton (1858-?)
William Francis Cotton (1859-1945)
Myra Mollie Ann Cotton (1866-1947)
Delia Nancy Cotton (1869-1917)
Ida married Jesse Henry Frank McGee (1857-1918) on 18 Dec 1879 at the age of 16 in Williamson County. He was a teamster and farmer. Her husband went by the name Frank. They had the following children: Sally McGee (1882-1962), Alice A. McGee (1884-?), William Franklin McGee (1885-1945), Mary Maggie McGee (1889-1956) and Maud Ursula McGee (1891-1923).
They moved to Davidson County, TN by the age of 37 in 1900 and then to Paragould, AR some time before the age of 54 in 1920. The move to Arkansas was likely in part to be near her daughter Maud.
Her daughter Maud died of measles in Grider, AR at the age of 31 in 1923 leaving 3 young girls (Mattie, Juanita, and Louise, ages 11, 7 and 4) to be cared for by their step- father Luther Martin Tanner Sr. who was already 63 years old. So it is likely that Ida helped to raise the girls.
Ida died on 24 Nov 1939 of heart disease and high blood pressure at the age of 76 in Paragould and was buried in Linwood Cemetery.
From the Paragould Soliphone
November 24, 1939, Page 1
Mrs. Ida McGee Dies At
Home of Her Son
Mrs. Ida McGee, aged 76
died at 8:40 this morning at
the home of her son, Will Mc-
Gee, 726 North Second street
following an illness of two
years due to heart trouble and
high blood pressure. She had
been bedfast for six weeks.
Mrs. McGee was a native of
Tennessee but had been a resi-
dent of Arkansas 30 years, re-
siding both in Paragould and
at Beech Grove during that
time. She was the widow of
Frank McGee.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted at two o'clock Sunday
from the family residence and
burial will be made in Lin-
wood cemetery. The Rev. G.
W. Archer, pastor of the East
Side Baptist church, will of-
ficiate.
Surviving are three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Walter Elrod of St.
Louis, Mrs. Fletcher Mitchell
of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs.
Everett Dalton of Rector: one
son, Will McGee of Paragould:
17 grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
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