Lela Beatrice McAlpine

Lela Beatrice McAlpine

• Father: John Anderson McAlpine b. 11 November 1842, d. 23 April 1898
• Mother: Willie Cabeen Cameron b. 14 April 1857, d. 2 October 1937

• Lela Beatrice McAlpine was born on 21 November 1879 in White Hall, Grimes County, Texas.
• John Anderson McAlpine appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Lela Beatrice McAlpine, Willie Cabeen Cameron, Alexander Duncan McAlpine and Euphemia Maude McAlpine.
• She was educated at Chappell Hill Female College, at Chappell Hill, at Texas.
• She married Green Alexander Wood, son of Solomon William Wood and Martha Clarana Reed, on 28 March 1900 in Grimes County, Texas.
• Green Alexander Wood and Lela Beatrice McAlpine appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 22 September 1907 in The Galveston Daily News: (Anderson) Mrs. Robert P. Siddall has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Green Wood, in Navasota for some time.
• The following appeared on 28 October 1908 in The Houston Post: Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an order of the referee in bankruptcy, I, Chester H. Bryan, trustee, will proceed to sell at public outcry for cash to the highest bidder, the bankrupt stock and fixtures of Green A. Wood, bankrupt, consisting of a general stock of shoes, dry goods, clothing and gents' furnishing goods, inventoried at about $13,500, at Navasota, Texas, at 10 a. m. on November 7, 1908. Sale subject to apporval of the court. For particulars and inventory, address Chester H. Bryan, Trustee, Room No. 2, Fox Bldg., Houston, Texas.
• The following appeared on 10 December 1908 in The Houston Post: In the bankrupt matter of Green A. Wood of Navasota, a dividend of 33 1-3 per cent has been declared by Referee in Bankruptcy H. L. Borden and will be paid to the creditors immediately.
• The following appeared on 13 June 1909 in The Galveston Daily News: (Richards) Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Wood and their little daughter, Edith, are guests of mr. and mrs. S. W. Wood.
• The following appeared on 27 June 1909 in The Galveston Daily News: (Richards) . . . Miss Eunice Haynie of Apolonia was a visitor to our town last week, guest of Miss Lynn Wood.
       Mr. and Mrs. Green A. Wood and little daughter, Edith, returned to Navasota Tuesday after spending a couple of weeks with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Wood.
• Lela Beatrice McAlpine became a widow at the 3 August 1909 death of her husband Green Alexander Wood.
• Lela Beatrice McAlpine appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Edith Wood.
• The following appeared on 6 November 1910 in The Galveston Daily News: (Richards) Mrs. Rush Wood and children left Wednesday for Navasota to visit Mrs. Green A. Wood and little daughter.
• She married Patrick Neil Fahey, son of Martin Joseph Fahey and Annie Cordelia Calhoun, on 7 June 1914.
• Patrick Neil Fahey registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife Lela in Navasota, and employed there as an attorney-at-law.
• The following appeared on 29 September 1935 in the San Antonio Express: (Brenhan) Mrs. Pat Fahey of Houston is visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Amsler.
• The following appeared on 24 November 1963 in The Houston Chronicle: Mrs. Pat N. Fahey was honored at a "come-and-go" coffee by her daughter, Mrs. Neill Amsler, last week which turned into a surprise birthday party. The piece de resistance was the birthday cake which said "Happy Birthday Mother" in Spanish, French, Italian and German. Also, "In Any Language, It's Happy Birthday, Mother," in English, and her name. There were no candles on the cake, and it was not an oversight--Lela just doesn't tell her age.
• Lela Beatrice McAlpine became a widow at the 20 December 1973 death of her husband Patrick Neil Fahey.
• At the time of her death, her usual residence was in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 2209 Portsmouth.
• Lela Beatrice McAlpine died on 15 November 1974 at age 94 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at Hermann Park Manor, 5600 Chenevert . Her death was officially witnessed by Mary Edith Wood.
• She was interred at Garden of Gethsemane (Forest Park Lawndale), Houston, Harris County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 21 November 1974 in the Navasota Examiner: Funeral services for Mrs. Lela McAlpine Wood Fahey, 94, of 2209 Portsmouth, Houston, were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, from St. Anne's Catholic Church, Houston. Mrs. Fahey died Friday, Nov. 15, at a Houston nursing home. She was born Nov. 21, 1879, in White Hall, the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. John A. McAlpine, pioneer Texans. Her early education was in private schools and she later graduated from the Old Chappel Hill Female College. Her first marriage was to the late Green A. Wood, who died in 1909. She remarried on June 8, 1914, to Pat N. Fahey, attorney, who preceded her in death Dec. 20, 1973. She was past regent of Samuel Sorrell chapter, D.A.R., past president of the Colonial Dames of America, Chapter VIII, member of the Magna Charter Cames, the Newman Circle, and a member of St. Anne's Catholic Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Neill F. (Edith Wood) Amsler, Sr. of Houston; three grandchildren, Neill F. Amsler, Jr. and Mrs. George W. Hansen, both of Houston, and Mrs. Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr. of Laguna Niguel, Calif; ten great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Maude McAlpine Siddall of Navasota, Mrs. Sterrett McAlpine Terry of Alexandria, La., and Mrs. Bess McAlpine Braunig of Lafayette, La; plus numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, Jr., George W. Hansen, Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr., Truman S. Thomas, Jr., Stewart Perry and Phillip M. Pappas. Honorary pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, III, George W. Hansen, Jr., Mark Amsler, Melvin X. Hobbbs, III, Patrick Wood Hobbs, Col. James F. Kerr, Lanson F. Demming, and Karl Seiling. In lieu of usual remembrances, friends may contribute to the Larry Amsler Memorial Fund, c-o Hermann Hospital, Houston.

• Last Edited: 18 Jan 2016

• Charts: Descendants of ABERCROMBIE Charles & Edwina Malinda "Dicey" Booth, Descendants of LeGRAND John & Margaret Chambers, Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine