William
Walter
McGee
Born in Carroll County, Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Walter P. McGee Sr.
and Sarah R. (Lowe) Hunt
Brother of
Alfred McGee, Henry McGee, Emmeline (McGee) Fowler, John Anderson McGee, James Madison McGee and John Wesley McGee
Husband of
Meletha S. (Hylton) McGee
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Quincy McGee, Isaac Monroe McGee, Thomas Jefferson McGee, Robert Lee McGee, Joseph Johnson McGee and Martha W. (McGee) Porter
Died
at age 75
in St. Genevieve County, Missouri, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jan 2016
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Biography
The Walter McGee family lived in the SW Virginia area, mainly Carroll & Wythe Counties. After the civil war many of the McGee brothers along with their adult children moved to and settled in the Missouri Lead Belt area to work in the lead mines.
Walter and his wife, Meletha "Emma" S. Hylton, raised 6 children--5 sons and 1 daughter.
Sources
- William Walter is a veteran of the Confederate States Military as: 2nd Lt. Company F, 29th VA Infantry. He fought along with 5 of his brothers.
Most of the McGee's were farmers, millers and miners.
William Walter died November 10, 1906 in St. Genevieve County, MO and is buried in Bonne Terre Cemetery, St. Francois County, MO. His tombstone inscription: "Gone But Not Forgotten".---Find A Grave website and family research.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
Betty (McGee) Britt
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Michael McGee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MA1259774 [compare], Ancestry member rmichaelmcgee
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Linsey Hecathorn :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member linseyhecathorn6383344
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