Mabel Catherine was the second child of Hannah Elizabeth Hansberger and George Nelson Cooper. She was born in Northern Jefferson County and was educated at Loula Compton Seminary in Birmingham, Alabama. The Cooper family was instrumental in the development of the city of Birmingham and Mabel's first cousin, W. Cooper Green, was the mayor of the Magic City for many years. Holland Cox of the Birmngham Electric Company was also her first cousin.
Mabel became a teacher and taught at Crestline Heights Elementary until she married. She married Harvie M. McGehee in 1913 and gave birth to ten children. In 1918, Mabel and Harvie moved to a farm in Toney, Madison County, AL where they lived happily until 1931. During the Depression, they lost the farm and were forced to move back to the south side of Birmingham where they lived until their deaths.
Mabel became a teacher and taught at Crestline Heights Elementary until she married. She married Harvie M. McGehee in 1913 and gave birth to ten children. In 1918, Mabel and Harvie moved to a farm in Toney, Madison County, AL where they lived happily until 1931. During the Depression, they lost the farm and were forced to move back to the south side of Birmingham where they lived until their deaths.
Mabel Catherine was the second child of Hannah Elizabeth Hansberger and George Nelson Cooper. She was born in Northern Jefferson County and was educated at Loula Compton Seminary in Birmingham, Alabama. The Cooper family was instrumental in the development of the city of Birmingham and Mabel's first cousin, W. Cooper Green, was the mayor of the Magic City for many years. Holland Cox of the Birmngham Electric Company was also her first cousin.
Mabel became a teacher and taught at Crestline Heights Elementary until she married. She married Harvie M. McGehee in 1913 and gave birth to ten children. In 1918, Mabel and Harvie moved to a farm in Toney, Madison County, AL where they lived happily until 1931. During the Depression, they lost the farm and were forced to move back to the south side of Birmingham where they lived until their deaths.
Mabel became a teacher and taught at Crestline Heights Elementary until she married. She married Harvie M. McGehee in 1913 and gave birth to ten children. In 1918, Mabel and Harvie moved to a farm in Toney, Madison County, AL where they lived happily until 1931. During the Depression, they lost the farm and were forced to move back to the south side of Birmingham where they lived until their deaths.
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