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Fred Mabee

Male 1887 - 1972  (85 years)

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  • Name Fred Mabee 
    Birth 22 Feb 1887  Parker, Turner County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Ancestor Interest MEDIUM 
    No Name Jun 1900  Germantown, Turner County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Fred Mabee appeared on the census of Jun 1900 in the household
      of Oliver William Mabee and Emma S. Chrisman Germantown, Turner
      County, South Dakota
    Census Apr 1910  Billings County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Fred Mabee, Head, M, W, 23, S, South Dakota, Canada,
      Pennsylvania, Farming own farm
      Ida Mabee, Sister, F, W, 21, S, South Dakota, Canada,
      Pennsylvania
    No Name Apr 1910  Billings County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Fred Mabee appeared on the census of Apr 1910 Billings County,
      North DakotaFred Mabee, Head, M, W, 23, S, South Dakota,
      Canada, Pennsylvania, Farming own farm
      Ida Mabee, Sister, F, W, 21, S, South Dakota, Canada,
      Pennsylvania
    Land From 1914 to 1919  Fergus County, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • The following excerpts are from records Fred Mabee kept.
      Desert Claim -- Southeast 1/4 of Sec. 3, 19, 22. In 1914 I
      broke 35 acres and sowed it to winter wheat.
      In 1915 I broke 40 acres and sowed 75 acres to winter wheat
      that fall. I harvested 35 acres of winter wheat that fall and
      received 280 bushel. I also built a reservoir on the claim that
      year which cost me $50. This: said dam washed out in 1916.
      In 1916, 75 acres of winter wheat froze out and reseeded it to
      spring wheat and threshed 750 bushel from this field that fall.
      I broke 65 acres of sod and seeded it to winter wheat.
      In 1917 I sowed 30 acres to flax and it never came up. I
      harvested 65 acres of winter wheat and got 390 bushel, summer
      fallowed 20 acres and September 20, went to war.
      In 1918 I hired 70 acres sowed to spring wheat and harvested 40
      acres and the balance hailed out. Threshed 100 bushel from this
      40 acres.
      In 1919 I hired 80 acres sowed to spring wheat and harvested 30
      acres, the balance dried out. Threshed 70 bushel off of this 30
      acres. I have sowed 65 acres to winter wheat this fall and have
      fall plowed 20 acres of the other land for spring wheat. I have
      built a fence on the claim this year, 1/2 mile on the west side
      of the quarter and 1/2 mile on the south side of the quarter.
      Value of improvements: Breaking 140 acres at $6 an
      acre--$840.00; Wire and posts and work--$125.00; Work and
      lumber for dam $50.00, total of $1,015.00.
    Anecdote 5 Jun 1917  Fergus County, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Fred Mabee of Roy, Montana, born 22 Feb 1887 in Parker SD,
      registered for the draft on June 1, 1917 at Roy, Fergus County,
      Montana. He farmed his own farm north of Roy. He was Single,
      white, of medium height, stout build, with light brown eyes and
      brown hair
    Residence 5 Jun 1917  Roy, Fergus County, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    MilService 1918  [4
    • Fred was in the service during WWI and a May 23, 1918 news item
      stated he was home on a six week's furlough and spent the time
      working on his place.
    Census Jan 1920  Fergus County, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Fred Mabee, Head, M, W, 32, S, South Dakota, Canada, OC, Farms
      own farm
    Census Apr 1930  Fergus County, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Fred Mabee, Head, M, W, 43, S, South Dakota, Canada,
      Pennsylvania, farms own farm
    Anecdote
    • Fred Mabee was born in Parker, South Dakota in 1887. He had
      homesteaded in North Dakota before coming to Montana in 1909.
      He freighted from Hilger to Kendall until 1912 when he filed
      for a desert claim nine miles north of Roy, where he lived
      until his passing in October of 1972.
    No Name
    • Oliver W. Mabee, son of Oliver D. and Susan Mabee, was born in
      Ontario Canada on Feb 17,1857. He moved to Lincoln County, Iowa
      with his parents when he was 14 years old. The family moved to
      Sioux City, Iowa , and in 1876 they came to Turner County, D.T.
      and homesteaded in Germantown township. He married Ida L.
      Chrisman in 1883. They were parents of 2 children: Susie (Mrs.
      Roy Costain), and Fred. Ida died in 1887 and in 1888 he married
      Emma L. Chrisman, sister of his first wife . They were parents
      of a daughter, Ida Mabee Kilpatrick. They also gave home to a
      niece , Ethel Cheney (Mrs. Fred Polley). In 1910 Fred W . Mabee
      and his family moved into Parker. He died on April 7, 1932 .
    Death 29 Oct 1972  Fergus County, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    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 Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.
    Person ID I31861  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

    Father Oliver William Mabee,   b. 17 Feb 1857, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1932, Turner County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Ida Leola Chrisman,   b. 4 Aug 1857, Johnson County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1887, Parker, Turner County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Marriage 1883  [9
    Family ID F551604974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family   
    Marriage 1956  [4
    Family ID F551607808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1391] WWI Draft Registration, ROLL 1684037 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1235] 1900 US Census, GERMANTOWN, TURNER, SOUTH DAKOTA; ROLL: T623 1554; PAGE: 2B; ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 324 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1236] 1910 US Census, TWP 142 RANGE 104, BILLINGS, NORTH DAKOTA; SERIES: T624; ROLL: 1138; PAGE: 327A; ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 10; PART: 2; LINE: 1 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1246] email to Maybee Society, RONI FRAZIER, RFRAYSIER@NEW.RR.COM, 24 JAN 2005, HOMESTEAD SHACKS OVER BUFFALO TRACKS, P. 490 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1237] 1920 US Census, SCHOOL DISTRICT 101, FERGUS, MONTANA; ROLL: T625_970; PAGE: 8A; ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 99; IMAGE: 226 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1232] 1930 US Census, SCHOOL DISTRICT 207, FERGUS, MONTANA, ROLL: 1255, PAGE 1A, ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 128, IMAGE: 1062 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1299] RW download, RONI FRAYSIER, RFRAYSIER@NEW.RR.COM, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF OLIVER W. MABEE (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1234] Maybee Society, MONTANA DEATH INDEX, 1954-2002; FILE NUMBER 5207 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1298] Then and Now.