John Elmer Mabee b. 18 Jun 1879 Cedar County, Missouri d. 24 Jan 1961 Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA: Cook Ancestry

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Name	John Elmer Mabee
Birth	18 Jun 1879	Cedar County, Missouri [1]
Gender	Male
Ancestor Interest	MEDIUM
Anecdote	Eulogized upon his death as "Oklahoma's Mr. Philanthropy," John Mabee and his wife, Lottie Jane, arrived in their adopted state in 1907. Coming via Texas, where Mr. Mabee worked in a meat packing plant and waited on tables in a hotel, the Missouri natives homesteaded 160 acres in what is now Cotton County. As a farmer, John Mabee met with little success, and delivered a rural mail route to make ends meet. His fortunes changed two years after his arrival in Oklahoma, when his homestead near Randlett was leased to Carter Oil Company. The leases in Cotton County proved to be just the beginning of Mr. Mabee's career in the oil industry. Two phenomenal wells drilled in Burkburnett, Texas, in 1919 were the start of Mr. Mabee's operations, which mushroomed until Mabee Consolidated Corporation was the world's largest oil well drilling contractor. From his offices in the Atlas Life Building, Mr. Mabee's business interests diversified to include banking, insurance, real estate and ranching (one Hereford cattle ranch near Midland was comprised of 110 square miles). Mr. Mabee's second career was the business of philanthropy. Although he eventually held honorary doctorates from two universities, he admitted that his education went "only through the third reader." His gifts to educational institutions throughout the Southwest would provide the educational resources he lacked to the next generation. In Tulsa, his generosity was boundless. A short list of institutions benefiting from his largess includes the Community Chest, the YMCA, Children's Medical Center, Hillcrest Hospital, Boston Avenue Methodist Church and The University of Tulsa. Mr. Mabee's business-like approach to giving money away led him to found the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation in 1948. Through this foundation, Mr. Mabee's generosity was sustained after his death in 1961, and his magic of turning oil into bricks and mortar continues today.
No Name	1880	Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA [3]
	John Elmer Mabee appeared on the census of 1880 in the household of Simon Peter Maybee and Mary Jane Shuffler Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri
No Name	Jun 1900	Marion, Dade County, Missouri, USA [4]
	John Elmer Mabee appeared on the census of Jun 1900 in the household of Simon Peter Maybee and Mary Jane Shuffler Marion, Dade County, Missouri
No Name	1948	Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA [5]
	In 1948, John and Lottie formed The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc., a Delaware non-profit corporation., with its office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As stated in its charter, the purposes of the Foundation are to aid Christian religious organizations, charitable organizations, institutions of higher learning, hospitals and other organizations of a general charitable nature. The Mabee Foundation makes grants in the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. It was the feeling of John and Lottie that their wealth had come from this area and they wanted the benefits of the Foundation to be spent in that area. The Foundation continues to honor that feeling and confines its grants to that geographical area. From its beginning to 1989, the Mabee foundation made grants totaling approximately 250 million dollars. See the website at www.mabeefoundation.com. Directors include John H. Conway, Jr. in Tulsa and Joe G. Mabee and his son J. Guy Mabee, Jr.
Residence	29th & Zuna, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma [6]
Death	24 Jan 1961	Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA [1]
Notes	From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogistï¿½, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTEï¿½ to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.
Person ID	I31786	Glenn Cook Family
Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

Father	Simon Peter Maybee, b. Jul 1840, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA d. 1932 (Age ~ 91 years)
Mother	Mary Jane Shuffler, b. Nov 1842, Indiana, United States d. 1932 (Age ~ 89 years)
Marriage	Between 1863 and 1864	Illinois, USA [7]
Census	1870	Kingston Township, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA [8]
	Simon Mabie, 30, M, Farmer, 2500, 940, IL ++1880++ Mary Mabie, 28, F, Keeping House, IL Franklin Mabie, 5, M, At Home, IL George Mabie, 3, M, At Home, MO Cora Mabie, 4/12, F, At Home, MO Catherine Mabie, 20, F, House Keeper, IL
Census	1880	Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA [3]
	S. P. Mabee, Head, M, M, W, 40, IL, Farming, Fa: OH, Mo: CT Mary Mabee, Wife, F, M, W, 38, IN, Keeping House, Fa: PA, Mo: NJ Frank Mabee, Son, M, S, W, 14, IL, Fa: IL, Mo: IN George Mabee, Son, M, S, W, 12, MO, Fa: IL, Mo: IN Cora Mabee, Daughter, F, S, W, 10, MO, Fa: IL, Mo: IN Herbert Mabee, Son, M, S, W, 8, MO, Fa: IL, Mo: IN Sella Mabee, Daughter, F, S, W, 6, MO, Fa: IL, Mo: IN Eda Mabee, Daughter, F, S, W, 3, MO, Fa: IL, Mo: IN John Mabee, Son, M, S, W, 1, MO, Fa: IL, Mo: IN
Census	Jun 1900	Marion, Dade County, Missouri, USA [4]
	S P Mabee, Head, W, M, July 1840, 59, M, 36, Illinois, Ohio, Connecticut, Farmer, owns farm free of mortgage Mary J Mabee, Wife, W, F, Nov 1842, 57, M, 36, 8 children born - still living 8, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York Joseph S Mabee, Son, M, W, Feb 1883, 17, S, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Farmer followed by in same building John E Mabee, Head, W, M, June 1879, 20, M, 0, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Farmer Lottie E Mabee, Wife, W, F, Sept 1879, 20, M, 0, bore no children, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
Census	Apr 1910	Lockwood Township, Dade County, Missouri, USA [9]
	Simon Mabee, head, 69, M1, 46, Illinois, Ohio, Connecticut, farmer Mary J. Mabee, wife, F, Q, 67, M1, 46, 8, 8, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Census	Jan 1920	Middleton, Canyon County, Idaho, USA [10]
	Simon P. Mabee, head, M, W, 74, M, Illinois, Ohio, Connecticut, none Mary Jane Mabee, wife, F, W, 72, M, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, none
Census	Apr 1930	Mississippi Street West, Lockwood, Dade County, Missouri, USA [11]
	Simon P Maybee, Head, owns house worth $3000, M, W, 84, M, age at first marriage 15, Illinois, Ohio, Connecticut, none Mary J Maybee, Wife, F, W, 87, M, age at first marriage 22, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, none
Family ID	F551607271	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Lottie Estrella Boren, b. 17 Sep 1879, Missouri, USA d. 21 Oct 1965, St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 86 years)
Marriage	6 Apr 1900	Golden City, Barton County, Missouri, USA [1]
	they had no children together
Land	1907	Comanche County, Oklahoma [1]
	Shortly before Oklahoma entered statehood in 1907, John decided he and Lottie (he often called her Lottie Jane) would try to homestead in what was to become a new state. John made a brief trip to Oklahoma to look over 160 acres of land and compare it with government field notes. They looked pretty correct. He talked to some of the other people that were out there looking at the land and went back to Missouri and bid from the field notes. He said, "The 160 acres that I got was described in the field notes as 140 acres of tillable land, but it was the poorest 160 acres in Oklahoma. When I went to prove up on it, I had my neighbors for witnesses and the old Judge asked my neighbors how much land I had in cultivation and my neighbor told him that I didn't have any and that I had to plow up part of the section line to get a place big enough for a garden." "We built a little house on it, dug a well and got gyp water. Our place was close to a creek that was called íDeep Red'. There was lots of red sand that blew in the water. There were lots of cyclones around there. Snyder, Oklahoma, was blown away three times that spring by cyclones, so we dug us a storm cave. There were lots of rattle snakes there and after we dug the storm cave, Lottie Jane and I were afraid to go in the cave on account of the rattle snakes and we were afriad to stay out because we were afraid we'd be blown away. We drank the gyp water and both of us took down with the typhoid fever."
Census	Apr 1910	Randlett, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA [12]
	John Mabee, Head, M, W, 30, M1, 10, Arkansas, Arkansas, Illinois, Stockman, Buying Stock, owns home Lottie E. Mabee, Wife, F, W, 30, M1, 10, no children, Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, none
Census	Jan 1920	Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma, USA [13]
	John E Mabee, Head, M, W, 40, M, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Mule skinner Lottie E Mabee, Wife, F, W, 40, M, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois, housewife
Census	7 Apr 1930	810 South Elgin, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma [14]
	John E Mabee, Head, M, W, 57, M@19, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, Drilling Contractor for an Oil Well Lottie E Mabee, Wife, F, W, 40, M@21, Missouri, Illinois, Missouri
Anecdote	1948	Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA [5]
	In 1948, John and Lottie formed The J. E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, Inc., a Delaware non-profit corporation., with its office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As stated in its charter, the purposes of the Foundation are to aid Christian religious organizations, charitable organizations, institutions of higher learning, hospitals and other organizations of a general charitable nature. The Mabee Foundation makes grants in the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. It was the feeling of John and Lottie that their wealth had come from this area and they wanted the benefits of the Foundation to be spent in that area. The Foundation continues to honor that feeling and confines its grants to that geographical area. From its beginning to 1989, the Mabee foundation made grants totaling approximately 250 million dollars. See the website at www.mabeefoundation.com. Directors include John H. Conway, Jr. in Tulsa and Joe G. Mabee and his son J. Guy Mabee, Jr.
Family ID	F5941	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

Sources

[S1241] Maybee Society Communicator, #8 (Reliability: 3).
[S1246] email to Maybee Society, J. WAYNE RHINE, WRHINE@WRHINE.COM, NOV 15, 2005 (Reliability: 3).
[S1242] Steve Mabie's 1880 census, PAGE 361C, NATIONAL ARCHIVES FILM T9-0677 (Reliability: 3).
[S1235] 1900 US Census, MARION, DADE, MISSOURI; ROLL: T623 851; PAGE: 3A; ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 61 (Reliability: 3).
[S1262] Internet, WWW.MABEEFOUNDATION.COM (Reliability: 3).
[S1282] WorldConnect Post-em, JOHN CONWAY, FRITZI1@TULSACONNECT.COM, 13 APR 2004 (Reliability: 3).
[S1247] Ancestry.com, 1910 CENSUS. 2ND WARD, LOCKWOOD, DADE, MISSOURI, SERIES T624, ROLL 777, PART 2, PAGE 254A (Reliability: 3).
[S1261] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's 1870 census, CALDWELL COUNTY, KINGSTON TOWNSHIP, PAGE 162, M593-ROLL 763 (Reliability: 3).
[S1236] 1910 US Census, 2ND WARD, LOCKWOOD, DADE, MISSOURI, SERIES T624, ROLL 777, PART 2, PAGE 254A (Reliability: 3).
[S1237] 1920 US Census, MIDDLETON, CANYON, IDAHO, ROLL T625_290, PAGE 2B, ED 50, IMAGE 0194 (Reliability: 3).
[S1232] 1930 US Census, LOCKWOOD, DADE, MISSOURI, ROLL: 1185, ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 6, IMAGE: 101 (Reliability: 3).
[S1236] 1910 US Census, 1-WD RANDLETT, COMANCHE, OKLAHOMA; SERIES: T624; ROLL: 1248; PAGE: 164B; ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 47; PART: 1; LINE: 19 (Reliability: 3).
[S1237] 1920 US Census, WALTERS, COTTON, OKLAHOMA; ROLL: T625_1459; PAGE: 3A; ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 157; IMAGE: 320 (Reliability: 3).
[S1247] Ancestry.com, 1930 CENSUS, TULSA, TULSA, OKLAHOMA; ROLL: T626_1935; PAGE: 2A; ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 104; IMAGE: 0793, FAMILY 28 (Reliability: 3).