William Bruce Mabee

1897 - 1985  (88 years)

• Name	William Bruce Mabee  [1]
  Birth	1 Jan 1897	Glasgow, Valley County, Montana   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	Jun 1900	Glasgow, Valley County, Montana   [4]
  	Wm W Mabee, Head, W, M, Feb 1857, 43, M, 4, Canada, Canada, Canada, immigrated in 1877, Farmer, owns farm free of mortgage Harriett M Mabee, Wife, W, F, Feb 1876, 24, M, 4, 1 child born - still living 1, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Jesse M Mabee, Daughter, W, F, Feb 1885, 15, S, Montana, Canada, Vermont, At School William B Mabee, Son, W, M, Jan 1897, 3, S, Montana, Canada, Wisconsin
  Anecdote	5 Jun 1918	Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana   [2]
  	William B Mabee of Entomology Department, Agricultural College, Bozeman, Montana, born 1 Jan 1897 in Glascow, Montana, registered for the draft on June 5, 1918 at Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana. He was employed by A. A. Cooley, Agricultural College, Bozeman, Montana. His nearest living relative was W. W. Mabee of Glascow, Montana. He was white, of medium height and build, with gray eyes and dark brown hair.
  Occupation	Between 1920 and 1951  [5]
  	1920-1926 Entomologist, NC State College. 1923 Collector of the type specimen, Harnett County, NC. 1926-1930 Asst. Professor, Entomology, MT State College. 1930-1931 Entomologist, PA State College. 1931-1938 Cattle rancher, MT. 1936-1937 Regional range examiner, US Dept. of Agriculture. 1938-1951 Field supervisor, Bureau Entomology and Plant Quarantine.
  Census	23 Jan 1920	Glasgow, Valley County, Montana   [6]
  	William W Mabee, Head, M, W, 62, M, immigrated in 1871, naturalized in 1890, Canada, Canada, Canada, Farmer, Farm Harriet M Mabee, Wife, F, W, 52, M, Wisconsin, Ireland, California, none William B Mabee, Son, M, W, 23, S, Montana, Canada, Wisconsin, in school Casper Oberg, Foster Son, M, W, 11, S, Minnesota, Sweden, Norway, in school
  Census	9 Apr 1930	1102 South Sixth Street, Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana   [7]
  	William B Mabee, Head, owns home worth $7000, M, W, 32, M, 25, Montana, Canada, Wisconsin, Entomologist, State College Lilla E Mabee, Wife, F, W, 31, M, 24, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, none Barbara Mabee, Daughter, F, W, 4 5/12, S, North Carolina, Montana, Alabama, nonoe Herbert T Dowell, Brother-in-law, M, W, 23, S, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, none, attending school Lois B Payson, Roomer, F, W, 34, Wd, 22, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Librarian, State College
  Census	8 Apr 1940	1276 Idaho, Elko, Elko County, Nevada   [8]
  	W B Mabee, Head, M, W, 43, M, completed 4 years college, born in Montana, Entomologist, Entomology, earned $3700 in 1939 Lella Earle Mabee, Wife, F, W, 41, M, completed 4 years college, born in Alabama Barbara Mabee, Daughter, F, W, 14, attended school, completed 8 years school, born in North Carolina Bruce Mabee, Son, M, W, 6, attended school, born in Montana Harriet Mabee, Mother, F, W, 71, Wd, completed 4 years college, born in Wisconsin on 1 April 1935, the family, resided in Glasgow, Valley Co, Montana
  Census	2 May 1950	433 Pine Street, Elko, Elko County, Nevada   [9]
  	W B Mabee, Head, White, Male, 52, Married, born in Montana, Entomologist, US Dept of Agriculture, father born in Canada, Mother born in US, completed 4 years of college, worked 52 weeks in 1949 earning $6400, WWI veteran Lilla Earle Mabee, Wife, White, Female, 51, Married, born in Alabama Walter Bruce Mabee, Son, White, Male, 16, never married, born in Montana Harriett Mabee, Mother, White, Female, 82, Widow, born in Wisconsin Mary Ida Dowell, Mother-in-law, White, Female, 76, Widow, born in Alabama
  Reference Number	19965
  Residence	1985	Overton, Clark County, Nevada   [10]
  Military Service	Between 18 Jul and 9 Dec 1918	U. S. Army   [11]
  Death	4 Sep 1985	Spokane, Spokane County, Washington   [12]
  Person ID	I19858	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Wallace Mabee,   b. 25 Feb 1857, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Apr 1931, Deaconess Hospital, Glasgow, Valley County, Montana (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Harriet May Morgan,   b. 17 Sep 1867, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin d. 7 Sep 1961, Fairfax Lodge, Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Dec 1895	Glasgow, Valley County, Montana   [1, 13]
  Family ID	F5700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lilla Earle Dowell,   b. 10 Jun 1898, North Johns, Jefferson County, Alabama d. 9 Aug 1988, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1923	Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama   [14]
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Bruce Mabee,   b. 7 Mar 1934, Glasgow, Valley County, Montana d. 10 Jan 1989, 11 Linwood Drive, Bloomfield, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Royal A. Mabee, Royal A Mabee's notebook. [S337] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=39, Roll 1684039. [S3] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Author E-Mail: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/numident/, and Montana, Birth Index, 1870-1986. [S90] 1900 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Glasgow, Valley, Montana; Roll: T623 915; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 140. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, from http://ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html. [S303] 1920 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Glasgow, Valley, Montana; Roll: T625_978; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 235; Image: 61. [S302] 1930 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana; Roll: 1256; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 702.0. [S455] 1940 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Elko, Elko, Nevada, Roll T627_2277, Page 6B, ED 4-10. [S526] 1950 United States Census; Url: https://1950census.archives.gov/, Elko, Elko, Nevada, ED 4-12, Dwelling 89. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Washington Death Index, 1940-1996. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Alabama, Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942.