Nancy Jane McBrayer

Obituary of Nancy Jane McBRAYER

Mesa Journal-Tribune Mesa; Maricopa Co., AZ Mon 10 Nov 1931 p1 c3

Mrs. Nancy McBrayer Pioneer of Mesa Is Dead at Tempe Home

Mrs. Nancy Jane McBrayer, 86, of Tempe, mother of Mrs. Rose Arline, who died last Wednesday passed away at 7 o'clock last night at the home of her daughter, Ida Elice Fogal of Tempe, following a lingering illness.

Mrs. McBrayer was a pioneer of Mesa, having resided here for 42 years. She was a member of a band of early settlers who were among the first to settle here from Utah.

Surviving are three sons and one daughter, William and John and Marconi of Imperial Valley, California, and the daughter of Tempe. Mrs. McBrayer had 22 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the third Ward chapel. Burial will be in Mesa cemetery.

She was living with her son, Philip Moroni, in Mesa, AZ in 1920 and was with her daughter, Rosealvia, and her family in 1930 (U.S. Census 1930, ED 7-103, pg 2A, 25 Apr 1930): Arline, Thomas F., head, owns home, 47, 1st married 29, b FL (parents b GA, farmer, gen farm Rosealvia, wife, 44, 1st married at 26, b AL Kenneth L., son, 11, b AZ Irene R., dau, 10, b AZ Henry N., son, 5, b AZ McBrayer, Nancy J., mother-in-law, 85, widow, b AL (parents b NC) 1920 Census, Meas, Maricopa Co., AZ, T625-48, pg 3B, ED 26, date 6 Jan 1920, Norman Clarke - enum. Moroni, Philip C., head, owns home (financed), m, w, 35, single (read/writes), b AL, mother b AL, father b AL, Truck Driver for Lumber Co. McBrayer, Nancy J., mother, f, w, 75, Wd (reads/writes), b AL, father b NC, mother b SC More About NANCY JANE WHARTON: Burial: Mesa City Cem., Mesa, AZ (plot #112,4,2)

The 1900 census says she was the mother of 8 children, 7 of whom were living at the time of the census.

In the 1920 census, Nancy was living with her son, who gave his name as Phillip C Maroni to the census enumerator.

In the 1930 census, Nancy was living with her daughter Rose, and her family in Maricopa Co., AZ.

Source: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...

Birth: Aug. 29, 1844, Cleburne County, Alabama, USA

Death: Nov. 20, 1930, Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Wharton and Sarah or Sally Duncan. Married John Newton McBrayer in St. Clair County, Alabama on November 1, 1866.

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Parents: Thomas Jefferson Wharton (1800 - 1894); Sarah Duncan Wharton (1803 - 1885)

Spouse: John Newton McBrayer (1837 - 1909)

Children: William David McBrayer (1867 - 1933)*; John Young McBrayer (1880 - 1957)*

Siblings: Jeptha Whorton (1818 - 1883)*; Thomas Jefferson Wharton (1832 - 1908)*; John Pauldin Wharton (1833 - 1910)*; Susan Annette Wharton Johnson (1842 - 1923)*; Nancy Jane Wharton McBrayer (1844 - 1930)

Burial: City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

Source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9365468

• Residence: Arizona
• Residence: Townships 14 &15, St. Clair, Alabama, United States - 1860
• Residence: Election Precinct 3 Odenville, St. Clair, Alabama, United States - 1870
• Residence: Springville, St. Clair, Alabama, United States - 1880
• Residence: ED 32 Mesa Precinct Mesa town, Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States - 1900
• Residence: Mesa Town, Maricopa, Arizona Territory - 1900
• Residence: Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States - 1910
• Residence: Maricopa, Arizona - 1930
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