John Ollie McCune

b. 25 September 1883, d. 9 April 1966
  • John Ollie McCune was born on 25 September 1883 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • He was a farm laborer, according to the 1900 census. in June 1900.
  • Robert D. McCune and Salome Teague appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Ollie McCune, Fannie McCune, Howard Efford McCune, Robert Teague McCune, Rufus Marvin McCune, Joe Morris McCune, Eugene Scott McCune and Thomas Campbell McCune.
  • He was a farm laborer, according to the 1900 census.
  • He married Katie Bertha Wood, daughter of Rush Brevard Wood and Katie Bertha Reed, on 9 February 1908. Also, Katie's sister Carrie married John Ollie's brother Howard, and her brother George Mark married his sister Fannie..
  • John Ollie McCune and Katie Bertha Wood appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas, enumerated next to George and Fannie Wood, Katie's brother and John's sister.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • John Ollie McCune became a widower at the 16 May 1911 death of his wife Katie Bertha Wood.
  • He married Lydia Loretta Cooper, daughter of George W. Cooper and Sally Rose Sparks, circa 1913.
  • John Ollie McCune registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife Lydia in Richards, and employed in Anderson by C. B. Kemp as a farmer.
  • John Ollie McCune and Lydia Loretta Cooper appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Ollie McCune Jr. and Minnie Mae McCune.
  • He was proprietor of a general store, according to the 1920 census.
  • John Ollie McCune and Lydia Loretta Cooper appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Ollie McCune Jr. and Minnie Mae McCune.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1930 census.
  • The following appeared on 13 October 1953 in The Baytown Sun: Funeral services for Tom McCune will be held Tuesday at the Baptist church in Richards, Tex.
         McCune, formerly of Baytown, died in the Veterans’ hospital in Houston Sunday. He had been in the hospital for about three years. He came to Baytown in 1922 and lived in the Baltimore hotel while here.
         Survivors include four brothers, Teague, John Ollie, Scott and Howard McCune, all of Richards.
  • John Ollie McCune died on 9 April 1966 at age 82 in Bridge City, Orange County, Texas, at 170 East Round Bunch Road at his residence. . His death was officially witnessed by Lydia Loretta Cooper.
  • His wife Lydia Loretta Cooper became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Grimes County, Texas, near Richards.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of John Ollie McCune and Lydia Loretta Cooper.
  • Last Edited: 6 Feb 2012

Family 1: Katie Bertha Wood b. 6 September 1893, d. 16 May 1911

Family 2: Lydia Loretta Cooper b. 15 November 1889, d. 19 September 1974