Marcus Wesley Queen

1867 - 1948  (80 years)

• Name	Marcus Wesley Queen
  Birth	2 Dec 1867	Mitchell Co, NC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4A4EEA003485DA119535000D87575B285E9D
  Death	17 Mar 1948	McDowell Co, NC
  Burial	Rebels Creek Cem, Mitchell Co, NC
  Person ID	I55205	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	John Newton Wacaster,   b. 1838/1839, Yancey Co, NC (now Mitchell Co, NC) d. 1879, Mitchell Co, NC (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Fanny Queen,   b. 1840/1841, Lincoln Co, NC d. Aft 1890, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 50 years)
  Marriage	Jan 1860	McDowell Co, NC
  Family ID	F18446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dovie Savannah Willis,   b. 7 Jul 1871, Mitchell Co, NC d. 10 Apr 1950, Cleveland Co, NC (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1888	Mitchell Co, NC
  Children	1. Oliver Franklin Queen,   b. 6 Oct 1889, Mitchell Co, NC d. 8 Feb 1981, McDowell Co, NC (Age 91 years)   2. John Andrew Queen,   b. 24 Dec 1891, Mitchell Co, NC d. 14 Oct 1963, Mitchell Co, NC (Age 71 years)   3. Esther Queen,   b. 1894/1895, Mitchell Co, NC   4. Lawrence Queen,   b. 1896/1897, Mitchell Co, NC d. Aft 1910, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 14 years)   5. Claude Gilbert Queen,   b. 12 Sep 1899, Mitchell Co, NC d. 26 Feb 1959, McDowell Co, NC (Age 59 years)   6. Fannie Ellen Queen,   b. 6 May 1902, Mitchell Co, NC d. 22 Aug 2003, Catawba Co, NC (Age 101 years)   7. Cora Jane Queen,   b. 12 Feb 1905, Mitchell Co, NC d. 8 May 1989, McDowell Co, NC (Age 84 years)   8. Gertrude Queen,   b. 10 Aug 1906, Mitchell Co, NC d. 31 Jan 2002, Rutherford Co, NC (Age 95 years)   9. Ray Walker Queen,   b. 1 Aug 1915, Cleveland Co, NC d. 1 Sep 2001, Morganton, Burke Co, NC (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F18445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:Funeral Home Record lists Father as Newton Wacaster b. Mitchell and mother as Fannie Queen b. Mitchell. Ancestry.com; !NOTES:If his parents were married at the time of his birth, then why does he have the Queen surname instead of Wacaster?; !CENSUS:1870 Mitchell Co., NC Grassy Creek Township, Grassy Creek PO # 87/87 Merdith Queen 60 Farmer $100/200 NC Susanah 60 Keeping House Sadh (Sarah?) 18 at home Samantha 8 Marcus 19 Farm Labourer Marcus W. 3 at home; !CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co., NC Grassy Creek Town Ship No 3 # ---/162 M. Queen 80 m M Farmer NC-NC-NC Susan 73 Marcus 11 Adopted; * Next door: # 163 John Wacaster, 25 M Nancy, 24 George W. 3 Manda, 10/12 Nov?; !MARRIAGE:--- --- 1888 Mitchell Co., NC Marcus W. Queen 21 & Dovie Willis 18 by D. M. Greene, JP; !CENSUS:1900 x !CENSUS:1910 Mitchell Co., NC Snow Creek # 201/205 M. W. Queen, 48 M1 22 NC-NC-NC Dovie, wife 39 M1 22 9-8 NC-NC-NC Franklin, son 20 Andrew, son 17 Ester, dau 15 Laurence son 13 Claud, son 10 Ellen dau 8 Cora dau 5 Gertrude dau 3; !CENSUS:1920 Cleveland Co., NC No 7 Township # 49/54 M. W. Queen, Head, 55 M NC-NC-NC Dovie, wife, 49 M NC-NC-NC Claude, son 19 NC-NC-NC Ellen, dau 16 NC-NC-NC Cora, dau 14 NC-NC-NC Gertrude dau 11 NC-NC-NC Ray, son 4 6/12 NC-NC-NC; !CENSUS:1930 McDowell Co., NC Higgins # 22/22 Mark W. Queen, head, 63 M 22 NC-NC-NC Dovie, wife, 55 M 18 NC-NC-NC Ray, son, 15 S NC-NC-NC;