Lillian Otey

Lillian Otey

• Father: Armistead G. Otey b. 11 November 1801, d. 26 January 1863
• Mother: Martha Ann Nolley b. circa 1834, d. 1867

• Lillian Otey was born in November 1859 in Mississippi.
• Armistead G. Otey and Martha Ann Nolley appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Dark Corner, Holmes County, Mississippi, and also merchant W. T. Farr. Interesting that Martha's younger sister Eliza was in the household when their parents were in nearby Leake County.. Other members of the household included Lillian Otey, Walter P. Otey, Henry T. Otey and Eliza Thomas Nolley.
• Thomas Jewett Goree and Eliza Thomas Nolley appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Midway, Madison County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lillian Otey, Edward F. Goree, Edwin King Goree and Pleasant Kittrell Goree.
• Thomas Jewett Goree and Eliza Thomas Nolley appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Walker County, Texas, and widow Mollie Rives [Reeves?], age 24, unidentified.. Other members of the household included Lillian Otey, Sue Hayes Goree, Hubert T. Goree, Robert Edwin Goree and George Nolley Otey.
• She was a teacher, according to the 1880 census.
• She married Austin McGary, son of Isaac McGary and Elizabeth Brazelton Viser, on 26 June 1898.
• Austin McGary and Lillian Otey appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at 1301 West Tenth and one domestic servant.. Other members of the household included Marion M. McGary, Emmett Austin McGary, Bessie McGary, Edith McGary, Nellie McGary and Viva McGary.
• Austin McGary and Lillian Otey appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 2917 Bagby and two lodgers.. Other members of the household included Marion M. McGary, Nellie McGary, Viva McGary, George Nolley Otey Jr. and Lawrence Brockett Otey.

• Last Edited: 23 Nov 2008