Sorting out a complicated 1900 Census record

Question

I'm exploring at present, adding on all the relations I can connected to notable Robert Johnson wherever they happen to lead. It's an interesting exercise, mostly involving emancipated slaves & their progeny, located mostly in the Mississippi Delta - Mississippi, Arkansas & Tennessee (Memphis.) In doing so, I've come across a more-complicated-than-usual Census record.

My entry point is Ora B. Lee, b. 1894 d. 1978 (Lee-13639), who married a man named John Winston in 1909. The 1900 Census, when she is 6 years old, finds a household of 13. I'm OK with the 9 people listed through Emma Green, one of the wife Narcissa's children from a previous marriage. What I don't quite understand are the 4 siblings listed in the last 4 entries.

-- John Lee b. Sep 1876 in S. Carolina, head of household

-- Narcissa Lee b. Jan 1867 in Tennessee, wife. (Married for 4 years; she - at age 33, almost a decade older than her husband - had 8 children surviving of 11, so certainly married previously.)

-- Ora Lee b. Aug 1896 in Arkansas, daughter (she's already married in 1910)

-- Ben Lee b. Dec 1897 in Arkansas, son

-- Ura Reveley b. Jan 1884 in Tennessee, stepdaughter, married (husband not part of household); presumably LNAB is Green

-- Lenora Reveley b. May 1900 in Arkansas, stepdaughter (but presumably Ura's daughter, actually, so step-granddaughter)

-- John L. Green b. Jan 1887 in Tennessee, stepson

-- Zacharias Green b. Jun 1892 in Tennessee, stepson

-- Emma Green b. Mar 1894 in Tennessee, stepdaughter

-- Andrew Warren b. Sep 1884 in Arkansas, brother

-- Joe Warren b. Aug 1887 in Arkansas, brother

-- Ester Lee b. Sep 1883 in Arkansas, sister

-- James Lee b. May 1890 in Arkansas, brother

I've tried searching for Narcissus Warren, thinking the two Warrens might be her siblings rather than her husband's, but without results yet. I do think that's the best possible explanation for this array of characters, since everyone fits in that way, but I'm interested if anyone has a alternate explanation.

Your thoughts?

Comments

Name: Narcissa Green

Gender:               Female

Residence:          Chickasawba, Arkansas

Spouse's Name:               John Lee

Spouse's Gender:            Male

Spouse's Residence:       Chickasawba, Arkansas

Marriage Date: 16 Dec 1895

Event Type:        Marriage Bond

FHL Film Number:            1302548

John’s Parents might have been Rederick Lee and Mary Lee

 Narcissa Green may have been her name at birth

Possible missing husband Walter Reavely

Ura might been Eula Robinson

I couldn't find out if John's mother remarried a man by the name of Warren.

Larry

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Hey, thanks. But, if Green was her LNAB, then that was a LOT of out-of-wedlock children, possibly as many as 9. And, yes, it would leave the question of where the name Warren fits in to be resolved.

More likely she was the widow Green when she married John Lee. That's what I think.

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After I hit send, I realized that the two Warrens were born between Ester and James Lee.  The names Walter and Eula Robinson Reavely were on a SSA death record for a Leora Jordan.