Horatio Theodore Mabee

Abt 1844 - 1899  (55 years)

• Name	Horatio Theodore Mabee  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1844	New Brunswick, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1851	Kings Ward, Saint John City, Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada   [2]
  	Barnabus Mabee, 47, M, N.B., Cartman Elizabeth Mabee, 43, M, N.B. Esther Maria Mabee, 20, S, N.B. Sarah Angelina Mabee, 16, S, N.B. Mary Susanna Mabee, 14, S, N.B. George Henry Mabee, 11, S, N.B. Wm Drake Mabee, 9, S, N.B. Horatio Theodore Mabee, 7, S, N.B. Oliver Edwin Mabee, 4, S, N.B. Olive Ninette Mabee, 2, S, N.B.,
  Death	18 Sep 1899	214 2nd Avenue, Manhattan, New York   [3]
  Obituary	20 Sep 1899	New York City, New York   [4]
  	Whether Theodore Mabee held the same views about suicide that Colonel Ingersoll taught or not, he must have admired greatly the manner of burial of the dead agnostic. His last request was that his body be cremated with even more simplicity than that attending the final disposition of Colonel Ingersoll. "See that my body is cremated," he wrote. "Let there be no display. One plain pine coffin; just as Bob Ingersoll had. No plate, no date, no nothing." In another note he commanded: "Throw my ashes to the winds of New York Bay. Statue of Liberty ." Mabee was found dead with his throat cut and a razor lightly clutched in one hand. His death struggles must have been fearful, for his room at No. 214 Second avenue was smeared with blood. Mrs. Susan McGee, who keeps the boarding house in which Mabee lived, had not seen him since Monday noon. He was 40 years old. and separated from his wife and child a few months ago. He had been out of work and had been drinking heavily.
  Reference Number	15900
  Person ID	I15822	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Barnabas Francis Mabee,   b. 19 Aug 1803, Kingston Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada d. 30 Dec 1871 (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Best,   b. Abt 1808, Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Nov 1826	Kingston Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada   [5, 6]
  	Barnabus Francis Mabee, of Kingston Parish and Elizabeth Best, of Springfield Parish, witnesses: Abraham Mabee and Gilbert G Mabee
  Family ID	F3821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, MMabie/Maybee/Mabee/Mabey Family Records in Canada, Canadian Censuses; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canadaindex.htm, 1861, Kings Ward, St John City; M 5221, p 210. [S12] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, MMabie/Maybee/Mabee/Mabey Family Records in Canada, Canadian Censuses; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canadaindex.htm, 1851, Kings Ward, St John City; M 5221, p 210. [S431] New York City Death Records, 1891-1948, Italian Genealogical Group; Url: http://italiangen.org/NYCDeath.stm, Manhatten certificate 26856 for Hortia T Mabee. [S438] Old Fulton NY Post Card Website; Url: fultonhistory.com/Fulton_New_form.html, The New York Press, Wednesday Morning, September 20, 1899. [S14] Steve Mabie, A Chronology of Mabie/Mabee/Maybee Records from New Brunswick, Canada and the State of Maine; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/NB&MaineChronology.htm, Kings Co. Marriages, Register A, 1812-1844. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950.