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Family of Albert M. McAfee

Albert M. McAfee
b. December 11, 1849, Linn County, Iowa
(census 1900, 1920; Union pension #15177) (Obit. indicates December 4)
m. (1) July 25, 1878, to Jane Elizabeth Bees (Underwood), Prairie County, Arkansas (Vol B, Pg. 281), by H. L. Boyd.   See marriage record here.  
m. (2) July 25, 1880 to Mary Ann Brock, Prairie County, Arkansas by J. J. Vaughn, J. P. (Vol. B, Pg. 471)  See marriage record here.
Pension application shows both marriages a year prior to recorded date.
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d. October 17, 1926, buried Cedar Creek, Texas (date on tombstone is October 26; date in Bastrop County death records is 17th)
Death record indicates death from influenza/old age at Cedar Creek, Texas, with presiding physician J. G. Bryson, undertaker Bastrop Furniture Co.
Military: Civil War - enlisted July 3, 1861, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and served as a private teamster, Pointe Coupee artillery.  Present on all rolls to December 1861.
See muster roll records here.

Indian Wars - enlisted October 17, 1868, at Iola, Allen County, Kansas; discharged April 18, 1869, at Fort Hays, Kansas. Union pension #15177, $20/month, filed October 11, 1917.  Service in the 19th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.
See enlistment record here.
See muster roll records here.
Physical description:  5 feet, 5-1/2 inches tall; 123 pounds; light blue eyes; light brown hair; fair complexion.
Places of residence:  Linn County, Iowa; Sac County, Iowa; Allen County, Kansas; 1869 to Livingston County, Missouri; 1876 to Prairie County, Arkansas; 1882 to Travis County, Texas; 1902 to Bastrop County, Texas.  
See obituary here.
 
See military records & pension application abstract here.
See deed record here.

Jane Elizabeth Bees (Underwood)
b. approx. 1858
m. (1) October 11, 1874, to John Underwood, Prairie County, Arkansas (she is noted as aged 14, he as aged 23).  See marriage record here.
d. October, 1879, of miscarriage, Prairie County, Arkansas
Per 1879/1880 Arkansas mortality schedule:  Jane Mackfee, age 21.
Per Lucy Mason & a signature on a deed, Jane went by the name "Johney".

Mary Ann Brock (Polly)
b. August 9, 1847, Arkansas (1870, 1880 & 1900 census)
d. February 3, 1917, buried Cedar Creek, Bastrop County, Texas
Death records of Bastrop County indicate death on February 3rd, born Arkansas, died age 69, no cause of death given.
Father:  James Brock, Sr.
Mother: Nancy

CHILDREN of Albert M. McAfee & Jane Elizabeth Bees (Underwood): 
 
1. Nettie McAfee
b. January 9, 1879, in Arkansas
m. (1) September 29, 1897, to Charles Jefferson Rose
m. (2) December 15, 1902, to Burl Wilkes Mason
d. August 5, 1949, in Elgin, Texas, buried Elgin City Cemetery  
See photo here.

CHILDREN of Albert M. McAfee & Mary Ann Brock:  

2.     Cora McAfee
b. December 4, 1880
m. January 20, 1898, Travis County, Texas, to Frank Rose (brother of Charles Jefferson Rose)
See marriage record here.
d. December 13, 1966, Karnes County, Texas

3.     Albert Henry McAfee
b. July 9, 1882, in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas
m. August 22, 1912, to Susie B. Mason (Nettie's step-daughter), Travis County, Texas
See marriage record here.

d. March 20, 1958, buried Bastrop Fairview Cemetery

4.     Florence Lillie "Bea" McAfee
b. February 23, 1884
m. January 2, 1905, to Charles Weber, Travis County, Texas
See marriage record here.


5.     Pearl McAfee
b. March 5, 1886
m. to Rudolph Hines (Hinds?)(b. March 5, 1871; d. 1956)
d. 1957

6.     Jessie J. McAfee
b. January 30, 1888 
d. August 16, 1919, of typhoid, buried Cedar Creek, Texas
He was a Pvt. 1/c, 39th Inf., 4th Div., WWI  
See photo here.  
See enlistment & discharge records here.