Maggie Bess (Hyatt) McGraw (1895 - 1980)

Born 1 Feb 1895 in Ashville, St. Clair County, Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Thomas David Hilton Hyatt and Jane Susan (Erwin) Hyatt

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1980 at age 85 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

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Biography

Maggie was born in 1895. She was the daughter of Thomas Hyatt and Jane Erwin. She passed away in 1980.

Wednesday, 26 November 1980---GADSDEN TIMES . Mrs. Maggie Bass (Bess) Johnson, 84, 937 Sun Valley Road, Birmingham, died Tuesday in a Birmingham hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at Collier-Butler Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Forrest cemetery.

Survivors are stepson, Reese Johnson, New London, Conn.; sisters, Mrs. Lillie Mae Brown, Attalla, Mrs. Elizabeth Lockmiller, Gadsden and Mrs. Josie Hudson, Portland, Ore.; brother, David Hyatt, Gadsden; six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Mrs. Johnson was a native and resident of Etowah County most of her life and had resided in Birmingham for the past three years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.

1900 Census

Thomas David Hilton Hyatt 35 Head

Susan Jane Hyatt 27 Wife

Thomas Jefferson Hyatt 10 Son

Myrtie Hyatt 9 Daughter

Oliver Dell Hyatt 8 Son

Maggie Bess Hyatt 5 Daughter

1910 Census

Thomas David Hilton Hyatt 56 Head

Susan Jane Hyatt 40 Wife

Thomas Jefferson Hyatt 21 Son

Oliver Dell Hyatt 17 Son

Maggie Bess Hyatt 15 Daughter

Josie Hyatt 8 Daughter

Elizabeth Hyatt 6 Daughter

Lillie M Hyatt 4 Daughter

Edna J Hyatt 0 Daughter

1st Marriage

Husband Carl O McGraw - Male - 20 yrs

Wife Maggie Bess Hyatt - Female - 17 yrs

Marriage Date 27 May 1912

Marriage Place St. Clair, Alabama, USA

Husband's Father Rev Benjamin Pack McGraw

Husband's Mother Senobia Bush

Wife's Father Thomas David Hilton Hyatt

Wife's Mother Susan Jane Erwin

Film Number 002419845

1920 Census

Carl Mcgraw 28 Head

Maggie Bess Mcgraw 24 Wife

William Mcgraw 6 Son

Lilly Mae Hyett 13 Sister-in-law

1930 Census

Maggie Bess Mcgraw 40 Head - Divorced

William Mcgraw 18 Son

2nd Marriage

Husband Carl Oliver McGraw - Male - 48 yrs

Wife Maggie Bess Hyatt - Female - 45 yrs

Marriage Date 10 Apr 1930

Marriage Place Pensacola, Escambia_ County, Florida, USA

Husband's Father Rev Benjamin Pack McGraw

Husband's Mother Senobia Bush

Wife's Father Thomas David Hilton Hyatt

Wife's Mother Susan Jane Erwin

1940 Census

Maggie Bess Mcgraw 44 Head - Widow

Lillie M May 33 Sister

Arthur May 10 Nephew

1950 Census

Lee R Johnson 64 Head

Maggie Bess Hyatt Johnson 54 Wife

Sources

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Ashville, St Clair, Alabama; Roll: 38; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0099

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Ragland, Saint Clair, Alabama; Roll: T624_32; Page: 14b; Enumeration District: 0122; FHL microfilm: 1374045

• Year: 1920; Census Place: Gadsden Ward 3, Etowah, Alabama; Roll: T625_15; Page: 30B; Enumeration District: 93

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Attalla, Etowah, Alabama; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 2339751

• Year: 1940; Census Place: Attalla, Etowah, Alabama; Roll: m-t0627-00031; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 28-44

• National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia; Roll: 5797; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 160-351

• Find-A-Grave Memorial # 195309115]

DNA

Maternal

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Sheila Smith and her third cousin Jerry Verdell McGraw. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 2nd great grandparents, Robert Joseph Erwin and Sarah Ann Kelley. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 120 cM across 7 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.