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Mabel Clare McQueen (1890 - 1983)

Mabel Clare McQueen aka Dabney
Born in Blanket, Texas USAmap
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Died at age 93 in Hempstead, Waller, Texas, USAmap
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Mabel Clare McQueen was born on January 23, 1890, in Blanket, Brown County, Texas, to father, John William McQueen (1847-1894), and mother, Annie Elizabeth (Polsgrove) McQueen (1856-1937). Her parents traveled from Kentucky to Texas in a horse-drawn wagon. They settled north west of Blanket (Brown County, Texas) on the Knudson farm. Mabel had nine siblings with her mother and father, three of which passed away at an early age: (1) Clarence - twin of John Carl, (2) James and (3) Nathan. She also had a half-sister after her father died. Her name was Violet Alene Haynes.[1]

Mabel was only four years old when her father died on a trip to Edna, Jackson, Texas, USA.[2] In 1900 she was living with her widowed mother and younger siblings.[3]

Mabel met Cornelius "Neeley" Dabney and they married on December 27, 1907, in Blanket, Brown County, Texas.[4] By 1910, Mabel and Neeley were living in Justice Precinct 3, Brown County, Texas, USA, with a six-month old daughter named Cornelia L. Dabney.[5]

Together, Mabel and Neeley had the following children, staying predominently in the Brown County, Texas, area.[6][7][8]:

  1. daughter, Cornelia L. Dabney
  2. son, John Bledsoe (possible twin to Annie) Dabney
  3. daughter, Annie (possible twin to John) Dabney
  4. daughter, Clayra Inez Dabney
  5. son, Chester Layton Dabney

In 1950, Mabel ( age 60) was still living with her husband Neeley (age 69), in Brown County.[9]

Mabel died on January 29, 1983, in her home town of Blanket, Brown County, Texas. [10][11]


Sources

  1. ↑ Personal Recollection. Cornelia Dabney Laskowskie (daughter of Mabel Clair (McQueen Dabney). Personal recollection, December 25, 1998, as told to William S. McDonough via letter.
  2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119630172/john-william-mcqueen: accessed 17 January 2024), memorial page for John William McQueen (28 Aug 1847–17 Jan 1894), Find A Grave: Memorial #119630172, citing Memory Gardens of Edna Cemetery, Edna, Jackson County, Texas, USA; Maintained by LJCL16 (contributor 47878768).
  3. ↑ United States Census, 1900. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LM-QYG : Wed Mar 06 00:34:09 UTC 2024), Entry for Annie McQueen and Fred McQueen, 1900.
  4. ↑ U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019. Abilene Reporter-News; Publication Date: 30 Apr 1967; Publication Place: Abilene, Texas, USA; URL: [1]. Ancestry Sharing Link
  5. ↑ United States Census, 1910. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29X-375 : Sat Mar 09 15:44:11 UTC 2024), Entry for Cornelias S Dabney and Mabel C Dabney, 1910.
  6. ↑ United States Census, 1920. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHYR-Q66 : Sat Mar 09 05:49:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Neeley Dabney and Mabelle E Dabney, 1920.
  7. ↑ United States Census, 1930. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CQXG-CT2 : Thu Mar 07 22:38:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Mely Dabney and Mabel C Dabney, 1930.
  8. ↑ United States Census, 1930. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CQXG-CT2 : Thu Mar 07 22:38:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Mely Dabney and Mabel C Dabney, 1930.
  9. ↑ 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC. National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Brown, Texas; Roll: 3787; Page: 71; Enumeration District: 25-31. Ancestry Sharing Link
  10. ↑ Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit. Ancestry Sharing Link
  11. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17242250/mabel_c-dabney: accessed March 13, 2024), memorial page for Mabel C. McQueen Dabney (23 Jan 1890–29 Jan 1983), Find A Grave: Memorial #17242250citing Blanket Cemetery, Blanket, Brown County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Jack Williams (contributor 46856865).

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