John David McGee (1864 - 1956)

Born 29 Sep 1864 in Giles, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Nov 1956 at age 92 in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States

Biography

The son of McCoy McGee and Nancy (Richardson) McGee, John McGee was born in District 14 of Grainger County, Tennessee in 1864.^{[citation needed]} He lived there with his family.^[1][2] In 1900, residing alone in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, in Giles County, John McGee worked as a blacksmith.^[3]

John McGee married Lessie C. Woodward (1867-1950), the daughter of James Anderson Woodward and Lemiza Jane Barnes. It's assumed that they had no natural-born children of their own but adopted four children, three of whom may have been Lessie Woodward's children from a previous marriage:

1. Roy McGee (1890-)
2. William Brown McGee (1893-1921)
3. Raymond McGee (1897-)
4. Charles Eldridge McGee (1919-1941)

In 1910, residing in Civil District 7 of Maury County, John McGee worked as a blacksmith in the phosphate mines, as did Roy McGee, age 20.^[4] At the time the 1920 federal census was conducted, John and Lessie McGee lived alone in their home in District 13.^[5].By 1930, they had adopted their fourth child; they lived in Maury County's District 7.^[6] By 1940, their adopted son, Charles, and his family, lived with John and Lessie in Maury County.^[7] At the time the 1940 census was conducted, John McGee did not list an occupation; his son, Charlie, worked at the phosphate mine as a locomotive engineer. Charlie died the next year, after an accident on the mine railway, on September 23,1941, at the age of 22.

By 1950, in their early 80s, John and Lessie were alone again in the household in Maury County.^[8] John McGee's wife passed away later in 1950, at the age of 83, and John McGee moved in to Paul Nursing Home.^[9]He passed away at Maury County Hospital, at the age of 92.^[9] John McGee is buried at Arlington Cemetery in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD81-DJJ : 29 May 2021), John D McGee in entry for McCoy C McGee, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7H-M2V : 15 January 2022), John Magee in household of Cam. Magee, District 14, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.Year: 1900; Census Place: MT Pleasant, Maury, Tennessee; Roll: 1588; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0082; FHL microfilm: 1241588. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7602 #60852141 with attached Image
4. ↑ Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 7, Maury, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1513; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0112; FHL microfilm: 1375526. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7884 #27355406 with attached Image
5. ↑ Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 13, Maury, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1755; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 124: Civil District 7 (part) excluding Mt Pleasant town, (Old Civil District 13). Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry Record 6061 #35887571 with attached Image
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: District 7, Maury, Tennessee; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0016: Civil District 7 (east part) excudimg Mount Pleasant town. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Ancestry Record 6224 #66945804 with attached Ancestry.com
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: Maury, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03920; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 60-18: Civil District 7 outside Mount Pleasant town SE of Louisville & Nashville Railroad and E of Mount Pleasant-Lawrenceburg Rd, Hoovermason. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry Record 2442 #33009451 with attached Image
8. ↑ Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Maury, Tennessee; Roll: 3843; Sheet Number: 29; Enumeration District: 60-23: Civil District 7 - That part southeast of Louisville and Nashville Railroad and northeast of Mt. Pleasant - Campbellsville Rd. via Arrow Lake, outside Mount Pleasant town. Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Ancestry Record 62308 #106776238 with attached Image
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958. Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2376 #1495143 with attached Image
10. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKH-L5P2 : 30 May 2020), John David McGee, 1956; Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #33735972