Vardry Echols McBee Benjamin Sumner
Jane Alexander Sarah Duke Hunt

m. December 16, 1847 in Lincolnton, North Carolina.
Vardry Alexander McBee Mary Elizabeth Sumner
 
b. April 17, 1818 in Lincolnton, North Carolina
d.died February 17, 1904 in Lincolnton, North Carolina
bur.
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rel.		 b.11 JAN 1829 in Gates County, NC
d. 6 JUL 1907 in Lincolnton, NC
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VARDRY McBee and his wife JANE ALEXANDER had five sons, of which one was VARDRY ALEXANDER
McBee, who married in 1847, MARY ELIZABETH SUMNER who was the daughter of BENJAMIN SUMNER and
his wife SARAH DUKE HUNT, the daughter of Dr. THOMAS HUNT (son of MEMUGAN HUNT) and his wife
ELIZABETH DUKE. BENJAMIN SUMNER was of the family of JETHRO HUNT, revolutionary patriot of North
Carolina.
89 vii.   Vardry Alexander McBee, born April 17, 1818 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died February 17, 1904 in Lincolnton, North Carolina. He married Mary Elizabeth Sumner December 16, 1847 in Lincolnton, North Carolina.
 
Notes for Vardry Alexander McBee:
Vardry Alexander McBee died February 17, 1904, in the same house in
which he had lived all his days - the original McBee homestead in Lincolnton.

According to Sherill, in the Lincoln County Annals: Vardry Alexander
McBee had a bright mind, was a good student, had the best school advantages, was educated at Pleasant Retreat Academy in Lincolnton, of which his father was one of the founders, and at the University of North Carolina, from which he graduated in 1841 . . . although licensed as a lawyer, Mr. McBee was never active in the practice; he was three times Clerk of the Superior Court, covering in all a period of fourteen years; and represented the County in the Legislature in 1861. He was a public spirited and progressive citizen. He subscribed liberally to all movements for the public welfare; he was active inthe construction of the old plank road from Charlotte to Lincolnton, and in the building of the old Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, of which he was treasurer and master of transportation, and he later took a prominent part in organizing the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, of which he was a director for many years. He owned a large plantation several miles from Lincolnton and prided himself in raising blooded stock, fine horses, cattle,
hogs and even dogs, and encouraged the people of his native town to do
likewise. He kept a good saddle horse and was a good rider and
delighted in
this exercise until far advanced in years. He wore a bear, spotlessly
white,
and never had a razor on his face. He lived a leisurely life, was a
student
all his days, never forgot the classics of his youth, and would read
Latin in
his old age as fluently as English, and always kept abreast of the
times."
Vardry Alexander McBee will was written, May 31, 1888, probated
February 22,
1904, wife Mary Elizabeth. Exec. none. Witnesses: none, book 5,
page 270.

Vardry Alexander McBee and Mary Elizabeth Sumner were married in
Lincoln Co., North Carolina.

from The History of Lincoln County, By Alfred Nixon:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nclincol/ncl_nixon.htm

A will of marked conciseness and brevity, and the shortest in the county is that of the late V.A. McBee. Mr McBee was a University graduate, lawyer, three times clerk of the Superior Court, and left a considerable estate in North and South Carolina. His entire will with date and signature contains but twenty-three words: "I will all of my estate, real and personal to my wife, Mary Elizabeth McBee, this 31st day of March, 1888. V.A. McBee."

Notes for Mary Elizabeth Sumner:
Roy McBee Smith wrote in his book McBee Genealogy that Mary Elizabeth Sumner was born in Granville County, North Carolina. She moved to Lincolnton about 1845 when her father became the principal of the two Lincolnton academies.

 

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#2263
MCBEE FAMILY PAPERS
Summary


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McBee family.
Papers, 1754-1935.
1,950 items (3.0 linear feet).

Persons represented include Vardry McBee (1775-1864), planter, railroad
official and promoter, and mill owner of Lincolnton, N.C., and Greenville,
S.C.; his son, Vardry Alexander McBee (1818-1904), lawyer, planter, and
railroad official and promoter, of Lincolnton, N.C.; and his grandson,
Vardry McBee (ca. 1860-1938), Episcopal clergyman and musician in Wilkes
County, N.C.

Family correspondence and business papers including Lincoln County, N.C.,
deeds; contracts, bills, accounts, promissory notes, and receipts; estate
settlements, trustee and guardianship papers; and records of two Lincoln
County clerks of court. Family letters written at Greenville, S.C.,
1849-1869, give information about the McBees' varied enterprises,
construction, and property there, and activities of members of the family.
Other correspondence refers to efforts, 1821-1824, to establish a college
at Lincolnton; college students at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; and slaves. Also
included are four account books, 1852-1872, and papers of the treasurer of
the Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherford Railroad. Twentieth century
correspondence, largely personal, includes letters from Silas McBee
(1853-1924).

Purchases, 1940 and 1964.

SEE ALSO: Silas McBee Papers (#2455) in the Southern Historical
Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

SEE ALSO: Vardry Alexander McBee Papers; James Thomas Williams, Jr.,
Papers, Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
Clerks of court--North Carolina--Lincoln County--History.
College students--Southern States--Social life and customs--19th
century.
Estates (Law)--North Carolina.
Estates (Law)--South Carolina.
Family--South Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century.
Greenville (S.C.)--History.
Greenville (S.C.)--Industries--History--19th century.
Lincolnton (N.C.)--History.
McBee family.
McBee, Silas, 1853-1924.
McBee, Vardry, 1775-1864.
McBee, Vardry, 1860?-1938.
McBee, Vardry Alexander, 1818-1904.
Plantation life--South Carolina.
Plantation owners--North Carolina.
Plantation owners--South Carolina.
Railroads--Southern States--History--19th century.
Slavery--South Carolina.
Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History--19th century.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--19th
century.
University of Tennessee--Students--History--19th century.
Wilmington, Charlotte, and Rutherford Railroad.

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