William Orville Menefee

1828 - 1913  (85 years)

• Name	William Orville Menefee
  Birth	8 Jan 1828	Memphis, Shelby, TN
  Gender	Male
  Census	23 Oct 1850	Leon, Leon, TX ; age 22, born AL, farmer, Franklin Menifee, 19, in house (brother?)
  Census	7 Jul 1860	Johnson Co, TX ; age 32, born TN, farmer
  Census	15 Aug 1870	Johnson Co, TX ; age 43, born TN, farmer
  Census	22 Jun 1880	Johnson Co, TX ; age 52, born TN, clergyman, parents born GA/TN
  Census	11 Jun 1900	Johnson Co, TX ; age 72, born Jan 1828 in TN, marr 52 yrs, retired minister, parents born TN/GA
  Census	20 Apr 1910	Johnson Co, TX ; W.O., age 82, born TN, marr 48 yrs, farmer, parents born TN/GA
  Death	4 Feb 1913	Cleburne, Johnson, TX
  Burial		Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, TX
  Person ID	I25420	Family Tree
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Laban Menefee,   b. 1800, Tennessee d. Dec 1844, Harris Co, TX (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Amanda Lucy Young,   b. 1802, North Carolina d. Aft 1870, Leon Co, TX (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F10003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Armstrong,   b. 4 Jan 1835, Louisiana d. 6 Jun 1910, Cleburne, Johnson, TX (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1848	Fort Bend Co, TX
  Notes	from "Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014" (ancestry.com) On 4 Apr 1848 in Fort Bend, TX, William O Menefee married Mary J Armstrong.
  Children	1. Orville Menefee,   b. 1849, Leon, Leon, TX   2. Evalyn L Menefee,   b. 1854, Texas   3. William E Menefee,   b. 1857, Johnson Co, TX   4. Eugene Menefee,   b. 1859, Johnson Co, TX + 5. Mary Emma Menefee,   b. 29 Oct 1863, Cleburne, Johnson, TX d. 23 Feb 1947, New Orleans, Orleans, LA (Age 83 years)   6. Cornelius J Menefee,   b. 1865, Johnson Co, TX   7. Oscar Menefee,   b. 1869, Johnson Co, TX   8. Edgar Menefee,   b. 1872, Johnson Co, TX   9. Mittie Menefee,   b. 1875, Johnson Co, TX   10. Bettie Menefee,   b. 1879, Johnson Co, TX
  Family ID	F9974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  from "Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982" (ancestry.com) W.O. Menefee, a minister, born 8 Jan 1928 in Nashville TX to Laban Menefee b. TN & -- Young, died 4 Feb 1913 in Cleburne, Johnson, TX of pneumonia. Burial in Cliburne cemetery. Informant W.E. Menefee. from "The Houston Post", 5 Feb 1913 (The Portal of Texas History at texashistory.unt.edu) CLEBURNE, Texas, February 4 - Rev. W.O. Menefee, a Methodist minister and one of the oldest residents of Johnson County, died at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Rev. Mr. came to Johnson County in 1854. He was a Confederate veteran and served int he Mexican war. Rev. Mr. Menefee was 85 years old.