In a packet of material received from an unknown relative, there is a letter from Leota HOULETTE, who was my grandfather Harvey E. McBEE's grandniece. While there are pictures and information about living people I'm not willing to post to our GenConnect site or the list, and have residing in the list archives, she does relate this information which I can share: "Nancy Jane (Booth) McBee was buried in southern Missouri, where she had been living with her granddaughter, Clella and Bub Weeks. My mother Wilma Higdon, thinks it may have been at Mountain Grove, Missouri, and there may not even be a marker on her grave. Nancy's daughter Lola McBee Higdon has no marker on her grave. She died in December, 1923, and is buried at the Fairview Cemetery, Cainsville, Missouri. Nancy's husband (and Lola's father) Samuel Bunch McBee is also buried in the Fairview Cemetery." To quote further from the King Family History, compiled by Lois King Fetters of Carlisle, Iowa: Sidney McBee was born to Samuel Bunch McBee and Nancy Jane Booth at Cainsville, Missouri. Some think the McBee name at one time may have been McVee or Magbee. Sidney's paternal grandfather William Bunch McBee came to America from Dublin, Ireland, but there is a possibility that he was Scottish. Sidney's parents are buried in the Fairview Cemetery, also know as the old "Booth Cememtery" near Cainsville, Missouri, as are many others of the McBee and Booth families. The Booth name at one time was spelled Boothe. Samuel was raised by Jim Woodward, of Cainsville, Missouri, until he was 18, and Woodward then started Samuel up with the Old Boer's Nest Mill, west of Cainsville, Missouri. He continued running the sawmill in Missouri and southern Iowa until he became feeble, then Sidney, his son, took the mill over. Samuel and Nancy Jane lived out their later lives in Cool, Iowa, and after Samuel's death Nancy lived with Bessie Johnson at Cool. There is some question as to where she is buried. No record is found of her burial at Shaver, Indian Valley, or other cemeteries near Cool, and it is possible she was taken back to Cainsville for burial. It is quite likely that Samuel's parents died young since he was raised by Jim Woodward. Sidney's mother, Nancy Jane Booth, was born in Missouri, date not known, to Anderville Booth and Mary Ann Robertson. Anderville was born in 1828 and he died in 1904 in Missouri. Mary Ann was born in 1831 in Kentucky and she died in 1902 in Missouri. Anderville and Mary Ann's children were excellent singers, and Sidney McBee spent a lot of his young life with his Uncle Matt and Aunt Rosie. Matt was a traveling minister. Sidney's grandparents on his father 's side were William Bunch McBee and Mary Ellen Robeson (we do not know the birth or death dates). William was supposedly a violinist in Dublin, Ireland, and he may have taught music. Mary was of Irish descent, and after her death William remarried and lived in Cainsville at the time of his death. [more Booth info snipped] Sidney had 1 brother and 2 sisters. [note in margin -- 3rd sister Effie] Lola (Leona May) the first sister was married to Almarion Boyd. Lola had one daughter by that marriage, Clella who married Bub Weeks. Clella was killed in a hunting accident in Idaho. Lola's second marriage was to Charles Higdon and they had one son Alva Higdon. [marginal note -- Lola was Alva's step-mother. Alva's mother was Charley's first wife Grace A. Stanley 188?-1978. He lived with his mother until a teen-ager.] Sidney's second sister was Rosie Ellen and she married Bert Smith. His brother was Harvey Elmer McBee [my grandfather -- vz] who married Anna Baysinger in Iowa, later moving to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They had 11 children, and one son Sidney Paul died there and is buried with his parents in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ---------end of excerpt