Marriage
Ocey married Fletcher Wardlaw Snead, her first cousin. Together they had two children: Mary Alberta Snead (1908); and David Pollock Snead (1909–1910). Fletcher was the son of Mary L. Wardlaw and Fletcher Tillman Snead and he had two siblings: John Wardlaw Snead (1878-c1909) and Albert Snead (1880-?). In 1880 Fletcher was living in Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia with his parents. Fletcher was previously married to Vashti Gordan McLaurine (1872-?) who was born in Old Lynnville, Giles County, Tennessee. Fletcher and Vashti had the one child together: Robert Tilman Snead (1900-?). Vashti moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma by 1920 and by 1930 she was living in West Palm Beach, Florida with her son.
After they received word that Ocey was pregnant, the three sisters chased him to Canada and virtually kidnapped Ocey to Brooklyn. Subsequent to this, Ocey's mother told her that Fletcher Snead had died. In fact, Fletcher was alive and well and in contact with his mother and aunts.
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