NANCY E GATTON
February 24, 1841-January 9, 1923
"Mother"
“Asleep in Jesus.”
Nancy Emerline (Emaline) McKee was born February 24, 1841. She
married Joseph W[illiam?] Gatton on August 28, 1858 in Wilson Co, TN.
She
died January 9, 1923 at Alexandria, District 13, Wilson, TN. She was
buried on January 10, 1923. The cause of death was paralysis which had
been about 11 months duration. Parents are given as "unknown" by J H
Gatton.
Nancy's parents have been claimed by several unsourced genealogies to
have been Robert McKee (b. abt. 1790 VA) and Elizabeth Turner (b. abt.
1797 VA) [md. Oct 24, 1820 in Wilson, TN]; however there are no sources
of proof given. It appears that Nancy's parents went out of TN, and
Nancy's father died there. The whole family seems to be missing fron
the US census in 1850, but in 1860, Nancy's supposed mother, Elizabeth
[seemingly widowed], has returned to Wilson Co., TN with her children.
The claim is that Robert died in 1852, and if Elizabeth had moved back
to Wilson Co., TN immediately, she would have returned in time for her
daughters to have married Joseph Gatton; Sophie in 1853, and
Nancy in 1858. It is claimed that Robert McKee served in the War of
1812 and applied for a pension in 1851.
Nancy's husband, Joseph William Gatton, was born in
abt. 1832 in NC, the son of Joseph (b. abt. 1788 in NC) and Elizabeth
(MNU) (b. abt. 1787 in NC) Gatton/Gatten. He died between 1865-1870. He was first married to
Sophie Jane McKee on January 19, 1853 in Wilson Co., TN. He married
second to Sophie's sister[?], Nancy McKee, on August 2, 1858 in Wilson
Co., TN.
There is an unsupported claim that Sophie (nee McKee) Gatton was born August 24,
1835 in Wilson Co., TN and died May 07, 1856 in Wilson Co., TN.
Children of Sophie and Joseph:
(1) William (b. abt. 1854)
Children of Nancy and Joseph:
(1) Mary Frances (b. 1859) md. W. E. Robinson, both
buried here beside Nancy
(2) Emily (b. abt. 1861), died between 1880-1900
(3) Joseph H. (b. 1863) buried here beside his mother
(4) Rebecca Ann (b. abt. 1865) md. William D Allen, both buried here close by.
