William Edgar McGee (1892 - 1977)

Born 2 May 1892 in Westpoint, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Jul 1977 at age 85 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

Biography

The son of James McGee and Elizabeth (Dixon) McGee, Edgar McGee was born in Lawrence County, Tennessee^{[citation needed]} in 1892, residing there with his family.^[1][2] He registered for the World War I draft when he was 25, registering in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee on June 5, 1917.^[3] He stated that he was born in West Point, Tennessee and that he lived with his family in, by that time, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, farming on his own account there. Edgar was described as a tall man of medium build with light brown hair and light blue eyes. He did not enlist. By 1920, Edgar boarded in Lawrenceburg, residing with widow Eliza Crews and working as a farm laborer.^[4]

Edgar McGee married Bessie Lurlline Crook (1900-1984), the daughter of Marcellus Eldridge Crook and Rosa B. Kirk, marrying in Lawrence County, Tennessee on February 14,1928.^[5] They had one daughter together and made their home in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, where Edgard worked as a livestock buyer.^[6] By 1940, Edgar McGee owned and operated a retail grocery store in Lawrenceburg.^[7]

Edgar McGee passed away in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee at the age of 85^[8] and is buried at at Mimosa Cemetery there.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCD-MW3 : 9 March 2022), Wiliam E McGee in entry for James Hwrd McGee, 1900.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFY-DKW : accessed 28 March 2023), Edcar Mcgee in household of James H Mcgee, Civil District 6, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 8B, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1509; FHL microfilm 1,375,522.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6V-CHJ : 29 December 2021), William Edgar McGee, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPX-CL9 : 3 February 2021), Edgar Mc Gee, 1920.
5. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK41-W8VX : 10 March 2021), W E Mc Gee and Bessie Crook, 14 Feb 1928; citing Lawrence, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,928,754.
6. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.Year: 1930; Census Place: Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 2341995. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Ancestry Record 6224 #67116494 with attached Image
7. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Year: 1940; Census Place: Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03912; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 50-13: Civil District 8, Lawrencebufg city bounded by (N) city ilmits; (E) N Military; (S) Waterloo; (W) Buffalo Rd, city limits; also Lawrence County Jail, Sacred Heart School. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry Record 2442 #33189831 with attached Image
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP1X-V6N : 10 January 2021), William Mcgee, Jul 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-RFRZ : 27 July 2019), William Edgar McGee, 1977; Burial, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States of America, Mimosa Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #16740745