1823 - 1910

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• Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	11 Jun 1823	Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Jun 1910  [4]
  Buried	Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I715	Main
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2008
  Father	unknown
  Family ID	F926	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Fannie
  Children	1. Austin McNair,   b. approx. 1852, North Carolina ,   d. unknown
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F762	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Millie  [5]
  Children	1. Sterling McNair,   b. 10 Dec 1852, North Carolina
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F410	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Mariah Wimberly,   b. c. 1843, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 4 Nov 1903
  Married	1856  [6]
  Notes	According to 1900 census - Mariah had 22 children.
  Children	> 1. Christopher D. McNair, Sr.,   b. 8 May 1858, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 24 Nov 1919   2. David McNair,   b. 01 Feb 1860   3. Byron W. McNair,   b. 18 Jul 1861, North Carolina ,   d. unknown   4. Blount McNair,   b. 08 Mar 1863 > 5. Rufus M. McNair, Jr.,   b. 24 Sept 1863, North Carolina ,   d. 26 Nov 1908 > 6. Andrew D. McNair,   b. 05 May 1866, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 10 Feb 1930, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina > 7. Shadric H. McNair,   b. 03 Mar 1868, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Mar 1923, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina > 8. William Henry McNair,   b. 23 May 1870, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 9 Mar 1929, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina > 9. Louisa McNair,   b. 25 Jan 1872, North Carolina ,   d. unknown > 10. Joseph Hone McNair,   b. 09 Feb 1874, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 17 Jun 1932, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina   11. A.O. McNair > 12. Susan "Susie" McNair,   b. 10 Jul 1878, North Carolina ,   d. unknown > 13. Sophia McNair,   b. 19 Nov 1880, Edgecombe County, NC ,   d. unknown   14. Sarah McNair,   b. 30 Mar 1884 > 15. Solomon Demosthenes McNair,   b. 7 Aug 1887, Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina ,   d. 6 Feb 1959, Martin County, North Carolina
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F260	Group Sheet

• Documents		1870 Census: Rufus McNair (Head) Enumeration Date: 8 Jun 1870 Page: 46 Location: Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC Family #284 1) Rufus - Head, age 46 2) Maria - age 26 3) Austin - age 18 4) Sterling - age 17 5) Christopher - age 12 6) Barnes (?) - age 8 7) Rufus - age 6 8) Drew - age 4 9) Shadrick - age 2 10) William - age 1 month Note: The family lives next door to a white Robert Wimberly with personal property and real estate worth $13,000. I suspect this he is of the family that owned Maria.
  		At least one living individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		1900 Census: Rufus McNair (Head) Enumeration Date: 18 Jan 1900 Enumeration District: 95 Sheet: 10B Location: Plymouth, Washington County, NC 1) Rufus McNear - Head, age 74, b. Oct 1825, married 23 yrs, farmer. 2) Mariah - Wife, age 60, b. May 1849, married 23 yrs, mother of 22 children, 12 living. 3) Sophia - Daughter, age 19, b. April 1881 4) Solimon - Son, age 12, b. Aug 1887 Owned farm, free of mortgage. All can read & write except Mariah.
  		1910 Census - Plymouth (Washington County), NC Rufus - Head - age 86 - widowed - farmer - owned and paid mortgage on farm. Solomon - son - age 22 Frances - wife to Solomon - age 20 Leroy - son to Solomon & Frances - age 8 months Sophia - daughter - age 26
  Headstones		Headstone: Rufus Tannahill McNair & Mariah (Wimberly) McNair Status: Not yet located. Harldy legible photo.

• Sources

  [S27] 1880 NC Census: Edgecombe County (Tarboro). [S28] 1900 NC Census: Washington County (Plymouth-District 95). [S185] 1870 US Census. 1870 United State Census, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1136; Page: 215; Image: 431, Family 333, Dwelling 284; June 8, 1870. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870. [S9] Rufus McNair Cemetery , (Washington County Genealogical Society) (Reliability: 3). [S129] Solomon McNair Bible Record. States that Sterling's mother was Millie. [S1] Somebody Knows My Name, Barnetta McGhee White, (Iberian Publishing) (Reliability: 3). Mariah Wimberly marries Rufus Tannahill in 1856 (I think I recall seeing Rufus T. McNair for him somewhere).