Husband: Merideth McGHEE (1)
Birthdate: 1838
Birthplace: Liberty Township, , Hancock, Ohio, USA (2,3)
Death date: 10 Jun 1914
Place of death: Gale, Guthrie, Iowa, USA (4)
Burial: Dodge Center Cemetery, Bagley, Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Father: John McGHEE, Jr (Cal 1810-1885) (5)
Mother: Elizabeth McKINNIS (1814-1893) (6,7)
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: 15 Dec 1859
Marriage place: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (8)

Wife: Mary Ann ERWIN (9,10,11)
Birthdate: 29 Apr 1839
Birthplace: , , Ohio, USA (12,13)
Death date: 12 Nov 1924
Place of death:
Burial: Dodge Center Cemetery, Bagley, Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: William McGHEE (14)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Nov 1860
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (15)
Death date: 1 May 1954
Place of death: Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA (14)
Burial: Burdett Cemetery, Burdett, Washington, Colorado, USA
Marriage date: 20 Aug 1941
Marriage place: Saint Francis, Cheyenne, Kansas, USA (17)
Spouses' names: Flora Alice HARVEY (1875-1959) (16)

Child No. 2: Franklin McGHEE (18,19)
Sex: M
Birthdate: Jan 1862
Birthplace: , , Iowa, USA (20,21)
Death date: 1948
Place of death: , , Colorado, USA
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
Marriage date: 31 Jul 1885
Marriage place: , Greene, Iowa, USA (24,25)
Spouses' names: Sarah Elizabeth COSSEY (1867-1956) (22,23)

Child No. 3: Milton Henry McGHEE (26,27,28)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Apr 1864
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (29,30)
Death date: 27 Feb 1936
Place of death: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (28)
Burial: Mount Auburn Memorial Park, Stickney, Cook, Illinois, USA (28)
Marriage date: [1] 2 Feb 1888 [2] 1904
Marriage place: [1] , Guthrie, Iowa, USA (33) [2]
Spouses' names: [1] Ida Eleanor ERMELING (1870-1896) (31,32) [2] Mary E WISE (1871-Bef 1931) (34)

Child No. 4: John McGHEE (35)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1866
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (36)
Death date: Bef 1955
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 5: David McGHEE (37)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1868
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (38)
Death date: Bef 1955
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 6: Charles McGHEE (39)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 31 Oct 1870
Birthplace: , Allamakee, Iowa, USA (40,41,42)
Death date: 16 Jan 1945
Place of death: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (43)
Burial: Arlington Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, USA (43)
Marriage date: 17 Dec 1894
Marriage place: , Guthrie, Iowa, USA (47)
Spouses' names: Abigail WARNER (1878-1927) (44,45,46)

Child No. 7: Curtis Elsworth McGHEE (48,49)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 20 Nov 1872
Birthplace: , Guthrie, Iowa, USA (50,51)
Death date: 1 Mar 1941
Place of death: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (52)
Burial: Mount Auburn Memorial Park, Stickney, Cook, Illinois, USA (53)
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Did Not Marry

Child No. 8: Mary Elizabeth McGHEE (55)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 5 Jul 1875
Birthplace: , Guthrie, Iowa, USA (56,57)
Death date: 8 Sep 1959
Place of death: Otis, Washington, Colorado, USA (58)
Burial: Woodville Cemetery, Waseca, Waseca, Minnesota, USA
Marriage date: [1] 25 Aug 1893 [2] 25 Jan 1936 [3] Aft 1939
Marriage place: [1] , Greene, Iowa, USA (61) [2] , Logan, Colorado, USA (63) [3]
Spouses' names: [1] George Monroe TANNER (1859-1928) (59,60) [2] F M GREEN (Cir 1871-Bef 1941) (62) [3] SEEL (Abt 1871-????)

Child No. 9: Virgil Meredith McGHEE (64,65)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Mar 1879
Birthplace: , Guthrie, Iowa, USA (66,67)
Death date: 14 Jun 1963
Place of death: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Burial: Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 10: Bert Earl McGHEE (68,69)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 26 Sep 1883
Birthplace: , Guthrie, Iowa, USA (70,71)
Death date: 1 Dec 1957
Place of death: , Los Angeles, California, USA (72)
Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA
Marriage date: 1911 (77)
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Myrtle Catherine McDONALD (1892-1949) (73,74,75,76)
 
 
Documentation:
1. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 782 (391B), d/f #38/38. Meredith McGee.
2. Dodge Center Cemetery, Guthrie County, Iowa, McGhee, Meredith. 1838.
3. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 782 (391B), d/f #38/38. age 11, Ohio.
4. Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Meredith.
5. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) Chapter XVIII, Part III. pg 425
   "On the 6th of December, 1830, all of the territory lying between the present western boundary of Findlay Township and the Putnam County line, and extending from Wood to Hardin County, was erected as Liberty Township. This was only one row of sections narrower than Old Town, and embraced the present townships of Pleasant, Portage, Blanchard, Liberty, Union, Orange, Van Buren and three-fourths of Eagle. The following March the lands now composing Blanchard, Eagle, Van Buren and the west half of Madison were cut off; and on the 21st of June, 1831, the first election for justice of the peace was held in Liberty. William Wade, George Chase and Moses Predmore were the judges, and Amos Bonham and Joshua Jones, clerks. The voters were John Fishel, John Magee, John Travis, John J. Hendricks, John Fishel, Jr., William Wade, Meredith Parrish, Moses Predmore, George Chase, Nathan Frakes, Joshua Jones, James Caton, James McCormick, Amos Bonham, Addison Hampton, Zebulon Lee, John Mullen, William Wade, Alfred Hampton, Ebenezer Wilson, Charles Jones, Jacob Poe, James McKinnis, Robert McKinnis, Charles McKinnis and Philip McKinnis. Total, 26. Benjamin Cummins received every vote cast and was declared elected. Of these twenty-six voters. Zebulon Lee, of Orange Township, and Alfred Hampton, of Findlay, are the only survivors living in this county."
pg 431
   "The year 1830 brought into the township a large number of settlers. Nathan Frakes, John J. Hendricks, Amos Bonham, Zebulon B., Jonathan, Solomon, James and Stephen Lee, John Magee, Meredith Parrish, John Hubbs, Moses Predmore and James Caton, all came that year, but some of them had previously lived in other parts of the county."
pg 434
   "John Magee, a step-son of Meredith Parrish, married Eliza, daughter of Judge McKinnis, and settled on the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 9, which he entered June 1, 1829, and where they resided until their removal to Iowa about 1851. Meredith and Sarah Parrish located on the west half of the northeast quarter of the same section, entered August 21, 1829, and in 1834 sold out to John Fletcher and went to Putnam County. John Hubbs settled on the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 5, entered November 3, 1830, which land he sold to Daniel Cusac in 1839, and then moved to Indiana. Moses Predmore settled on Section 9, and James Caton on Section 8. Both sold their farms and went to Iowa. All of the foregoing came about 1830."
pg 437
   "Religious Societies.
   "- A class of the Methodist Episcopal denomination was organized at the house of Johnson Bonham as early as 1831. Among the earliest members were Johnson Bonham and wife, Amos Bonham, Mrs. Meredith Parrish, Mrs. Addison Hampton, Nathan Frakes and wife, Mrs. William Fountain and Barna Beardsley and wife. The class was organized by Revs. Thomas Thompson and Elnathan C. Gavit. In 1851 this society built a frame church across the line in Findlay Township, which is still used by the Methodists of the neighborhood."
6. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) Chapter XVIII, Part III. "... Eliza, daughter of Judge McKinnis ..."
7. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 782 (391B), d/f #38/38. Eliza McGee.
8. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGee, Meredith. to Mary Ann Irving, 15 Dec 1859, Allamakee County.
9. 1860 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 302 (376), d/f #2270/2220. Mary A McGee.
10. Iowa Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939 (familysearch.org), McGhee, Bert Earl. Mary Ann Irvine.
11. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGee, Meredith. to Mary Ann Irving.
12. Dodge Center Cemetery, Guthrie County, Iowa.
13. 1860 Federal Census, Iowa, Allamakee, pg 302 (376), d/f #2270/2220. age 20, Ohio.
14. Obituary, Otis Independent, May 1854, William McGhee.
15. Obituary, Otis Independent, May 1854, William McGhee. 17 Nov 1860, Allamakee County, Iowa.
16. Forstad, Paul, Harvey, Flora Alice. Ancestry.com database
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1932384&id=I111761274
17. Forstad, Paul, Harvey, Flora Alice.
18. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Franklin. parents - Merideth McGhee and Mary Ann Irven.
19. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Kossuth, ED 149, pg 10B. Frank McGhee.
20. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Franklin. age 24.
21. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Kossuth, ED 149, pg 10B. age 38, Jan 1862, Iowa.
22. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Franklin. to Sarah E Cossey.
23. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Kossuth, ED 149, pg 10B. Elizabeth McGhee.
24. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Franklin. to Sarah E Cossey, 31 Jul 1885, Greene County.
25. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Frank. to Lizzie Cossey, 31 Jul 1885, Jefferson, Greene County.
26. Forstad, Paul, McGhee, Milton Henry.
27. 1895 State Census, Iowa, Guthrie, pg 26 (446), d/f #1/183. Milt H McGhee.
28. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Milton.
29. 1895 State Census, Iowa, Guthrie, pg 26 (446), d/f #1/183. age 30, Allamakee County.
30. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Milton. 21 Apr 1866, Ireland.
31. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Milton Henry. to Ida Eleanor Ermeling.
32. 1895 State Census, Iowa, Guthrie, pg 26 (446), d/f #1/183. Ida McGhee.
33. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Milton Henry. to Ida Eleanor Ermeling, 2 Feb 1888, Guthrie County.
34. 1910 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington, ED 249, pg 12A. Mary McGhee.
35. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. John McGhee.
36. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. age 18, Allamakee County.
37. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. David McGhee.
38. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. age 16, Allamakee County.
39. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. Charles McGhee.
40. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. age 14, Allamakee County.
41. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Guthrie, ED 62, pg 7A. age 29, Oct 1870, Iowa.
42. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Charles. 31 Oct 1870, Iowa.
43. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Charles.
44. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGee, Chas. to Abbie Warner.
45. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Guthrie, ED 62, pg 7A. Abbie McGhee.
46. Illinois Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994 (FamilySearch.org), McGee, Abbie Gale.
47. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), McGee, Chas. to Abbie Warner, 17 Dec 1894, Guthrie County.
48. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. Curtis McGhee.
49. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Curtis E.
50. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. age 12, Guthrie.
51. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Curtis E. 20 Nov 1872, Yale, Iowa.
52. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Curtis E. 1 Mar 1941, Chicago, Cook County.
53. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Curtis E. Mt Auburn.
54. 1900 Federal Census, Minnesota, Waseca, ED 162, pg 5A. Lizzie M Tanner.
55. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Farmer, George M. to Mary E McGhee. parents - M McGee and Mary Irvin.
56. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Farmer, George M. age 18.
57. 1900 Federal Census, Minnesota, Waseca, ED 162, pg 5A. age 24, Jul 1875, Iowa.
58. Obituary, Waseca Journal, 16 Sep 1959, Mrs Mary Seel.
59. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Farmer, George M.
60. 1900 Federal Census, Minnesota, Waseca, ED 162, pg 5A. George Tanner.
61. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 (FamilySearch.org), Farmer, George M. to Mary E McGee, 25 Aug 1893, Greene County.
62. Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006 (FamilySearch.org), Green, F M. to Elizabeth Tanner.
63. Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006 (FamilySearch.org), Green, F M. to Elizabeth Tanner, 25 Jan 1936, Fleming, Logan County, by Theodore A Marks, Minister.
64. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Guthrie, ED 56, pg 7A. Virgil M McGhee.
65. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Virgil Meredith.
66. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Guthrie, ED 56, pg 7A. age 21, Mar 1879, Iowa.
67. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Virgil Meredith. 21 Mar 1879.
68. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. Enos McGhee.
69. Iowa Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939 (familysearch.org), McGhee, Bert Earl.
70. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Alamakee, pg 17 (238), d/f #109/115. age 1, Guthrie County.
71. Iowa Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939 (familysearch.org), McGhee, Bert Earl. 26 Sep 1883, Yale, Guthrie County.
72. California Death Index, McGhee, Bert Earl.
73. Iowa County Births, 1880-1935 (FamilySearch.org), McGhee, Dorothy B. Myrtle C McDonald.
74. 1900 Federal Census, Missouri, Benton, ED 6, pg 7A. Cathrine M McGhee.
75. 1920 Federal Census, Iowa, Polk, ED 170, pg 13A. Myrtle McGee.
76. California Death Index, McGhee, Myrtle Catherine.
77. 1930 Federal Census, Iowa, Polk, ED 61, pg 8A. Bert and Myrtle first married at ages 28 and 19.

Notes:
* There is a large disagreement over the spelling of Mary Ann's surname but I believe it was either Erwin or Ervin. Her parents are supposed to be David Erwin and Alcie Ragan. There is a lot of misinformation but these parents make the most sense. Mary Ann's brother Enos, who married the same day their sister Louise did, later went by Enos Ervin and I believe this is where the confusion began. The other surnames, Irving and Irvin, are simple misspellings of that.
* He came to Colorado with his brother, Frank, in 1908. [William]
* There are at least two David McGhees who died in Iowa before 1900 who are the right age to be this one.
* William's obituary names a brother Ervin but Curtis's draft registration says his middle name was Elsworth and he didn't survive his brother.
* This was a tricky one with Elizabeth's first marriage record being transcribed as Farmer and the 1910 census in Minnesota is also indexed as Farmer.
* Virgil's death certificate lists Curtis as his father but it's spelled oddly and indexed poorly. The last record I have that I am sure belongs to our Virgil is his draft registration in Webster County. It's possible that he is the Virgil V McGhee in Chicago in 1930, married to Marie for 8 years.
* "Two brothers, Bert of Los Angeles, California, and Ervin of Chicago and his sister, Elizabeth Seel of Otis survive him." [William] [I don't know which brother was Ervin, possibly Charles.]

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