Proof Summary - GPS Study Group Homework

Genealogy Proof Standard Study Group

Homework Chapter Five - Writing It Up

Sheri Fenley

Reference: Christine Rose, Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case 4th Edition Revised, (San Jose, California: CR Publications) 2014.

For this last assignment, we were asked to write a proof statement, a proof summary or a proof argument.  I chose to write a proof summary.

Who were the parents of Nancy A. McGee who was born 6 January 1846, married Remalih A. Brisendine 27 September 1863 in Putnam County, Missouri and died 18 January 1911 in Webster County, Missouri?

R. A. Brisendine, Nancy's husband, was the informant on her death certificate.  He named her father as Andrew J. McGee but did not know where he was born nor did he know the name of her mother.

Nancy's death certificate stated that she was born 6 January 1846 so the 1850 census would be the first one she should appear in.  She was found living in the household of her parents, Jackson and Phebe McGee, and siblings William (18), Thomas (17), Reuben (14), John (9), Jackson (7), George (5), and Sarah (2).  All of the children were listed as being born in Indiana.

In 1860 Nancy (14) is living in the household of her older brother William McGee (27) and siblings George McGee (16) and Sarah McGee (12).  Nancy and her siblings are all born in Indiana.

A marriage record was found for Jackson McGee and Phebe Carmichael who were married 10 May 1832 in Monroe County, Indiana.

A probate record was found for Sterling Carmichael in Monroe County, Indiana, which names as one of his heirs "Phebe McGee, late Phebe Carmichael who intermarried with And McGee."

Death certificates were found for Jackson McGee, Jr., John McGee and William McGee (siblings of Nancy).  All name their parents as Jackson McGee and Phebe Carmichael.

The parents of Nancy A. McGee Brisendine were Andrew Jackson McGee and Phebe Carmichael.

SOURCES

Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 5046, Nancy A. Brisendine (1911); Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jefferson City.

1850 U.S. census, Effingham County, Illinois, pg 11 (penned), dwelling and family 48, Jackson McGee household.

1860 U.S. census, Chariton Mills, Liberty Township, Putnam County, Missouri, pg 12 (penned), dwelling 88, family 70, Wm McGee household.

Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Works Progress Administration, comp. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration.

Ancestry.com. Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, Monroe County, Order Boof D-F 1847-1852, pg 422.

Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 22120, Andrew Jackson McGee (1911); Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jefferson City.

Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 29907-a, John R. McGee (1917); Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jefferson City.

Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 15166, William Alexander McGee (1923); Bureau of Vital Statistics, Jefferson City.