NameEmma McGee
Birth20 Dec 1859, Stewart County, TN
Spouses
Birth21 Oct 1846, Stewart County, TN
Death11 Dec 1934, Stewart County, TN
BurialStanding Rock Cemetery, Stewart County, TN
Notes for Emma McGee
Emma McGee, daughter of Henry Hicks McGee & Delilah (Vickers) McGee, was born in Stewart County, Tennessee, December 20, 1859. She was the fifth child of eleven children: three brothers John Wesley, William Eldridge, and Thomas Wiley; seven sisters: Margaret Sexton, Rebecca Ann Jones, Mary Caroline Stavely- Dillon, Lavena Stavely- Stavely, Lavesta Martin, Navada Gist (Guest)- Dillon, and Lavona McGee. John Wesley McGee, 1 year, 10 mo.‘s, died in 1853, and Lavona McGee, 7 year old sister , died October 15, 1885.
Emma married, Marion Riggs Andrews, 1878, in Stewart County, Tennessee. They had a family of eight children: Marvin Lee Andrews, Mary Ella Goforth, Eliza Weston, Bessie East, Cora Edith Sizemore, Henry Pinkney Andrews, William Ennis and Thomas Elmer Andrews (twins) . The family made their home on Ribbon Creek and attended Standing Rock United Methodist Church. Marion and Emma were farmers in the Standing Rock Community.
Marion died Dec. 11, 1934, and Emma died March 15, 1948. They are buried in the Standing Rock Cemetery, in Stewart County, Tennessee.