hmtl5 George Elbert McGhee b. 8 Nov 1885 Missouri d. 28 Mar 1979 Roanake, Woodford County, Illinois: Hedges Genealogy
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George Elbert McGhee

George Elbert McGhee

Male 1885 - 1979  (93 years)


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  • Name George Elbert McGhee 
    Birth 8 Nov 1885  Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer  [5] 
    Census 1910  Liberty, Adair County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Jefferson Township, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Palestine, Woodford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 28 Mar 1979  Roanake, Woodford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Burial Secor Cemetery, Secor, Woodford County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Person ID I2351  Hedges
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2024 

    Father John Henry McGhee,   b. 4 Aug 1857, Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1954, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years) 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth Fosher,   b. 1 Oct 1861, Leverton, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1940, Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 21 Feb 1883  [1, 5] 
    Family ID F1150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lillie Henderson Garrett,   b. 12 May 1888, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1923, Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 1908  Linn County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F1049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Nov 1885 - Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1908 - Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Liberty, Adair County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Jefferson Township, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Palestine, Woodford County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Mar 1979 - Roanake, Woodford County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Secor Cemetery, Secor, Woodford County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Garrett, Lillie and George Elbert McGhee. George has a stone in the Purdin Cemetery but is buried next to his third wife in Secor Cemetery, Secor, Woodford County, Illinois.    		Garrett, Lillie and George Elbert McGhee. George has a stone in the Purdin Cemetery but is buried next to his third wife in Secor Cemetery, Secor, Woodford County, Illinois.

  • Notes 
    • Geroge McGhee
      Roanoke (PNS) - George E. McGhee, 93, of R.R.1, near Secor, died at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at Roanoke Apostolic Christian Home, where he had been a patient since December.
      His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Remmert Funeral Home. Pastors John Skomp and Leroy Finto officiating. Burial will be in Secor.
      Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight.
      He was born Nov. 8, 1885, in Linn County, Mo., a son of John H. and Mar E. Fosher McGhee. He married Lillie H. Garrett in Linn County, Mo., in 1908. She died Aug. 11, 1923. He married Edith R. Armstrong in 1930 at Secor. She died in 1934. He married Gladys E. Burdge in 1940. She died in 1972.
      Surviving are a son, Erby, rural Roanoke; two daughters, Vaunice Handell, Indianapolis, Ind., and Genevieve Arnold, Rushville; a brother, Cecil, Brookfield, Mo.; two sisters, Josie Blunt, Brookfield, Mo., and Sarah Acree, Reedley, Calif.; seven grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.
      Five brothers and five sisters preceded him in death.
      Mr. McGhee lived and farmed in the Secor area 40 years. He was a member of Secor Church of Christ and was an organizer and charter member of the Missouri Farm Bureau.
      memorials may be made to Valparaiso Children's Home, Valparaiso, Ind.
      The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois. Friday 30 March 1979.
      [5, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner, The Hedges Family by Mary Hedges Reiner.

    3. [S55] Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910.

    4. [S5] 1900 US census.

    5. [S9] Obituary.

    6. [S87] Newspaper article.


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