John Henry McGhee
1857 - 1954 (97 years)
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Name John Henry McGhee Born 4 Aug 1857 Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1900 Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri Died 1 Oct 1954 Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois [3, 4] Buried Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [3, 4] Person ID I2553 Hedges Last Modified 25 Jan 2024
Family Mary Elizabeth Fosher, b. 1 Oct 1861, Leverton, Linn County, Missouri , d. 28 Dec 1940, Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri (Age 79 years) Married 21 Feb 1883 [3, 4] Children 1. George Elbert McGhee, b. 8 Nov 1885, Missouri , d. 28 Mar 1979, Roanake, Woodford County, Illinois (Age 93 years)Last Modified 25 Jan 2024 Family ID F1150 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 4 Aug 1857 - Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri 
Census - 1900 - Enterprise Township, Linn County, Missouri 
Died - 1 Oct 1954 - Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois 
Buried - - Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - John McGhee, 97, Passed Way, Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 1
Funeral services for John H. McGhee were held at the Church of Christ in Purdin at 2:30, Tuesday afternoon, October 5, 1954, conducted by the Rev. L.E. Ketcherside of Peoria, Illinois. Burial was made in the Purdin cemetery.
John H. McGhee was born August 4, 1857 at Enterprise, Missouri, son of John and Elizabeth Bowen McGhee. He passed away at the Mennonite Hospital in Bloomington, Illinois, Friday, October 2, 1954, at the age of 97 years, 2 months and 28 days.
Mr. McGhee was united in marriage to Mary E. Fosher, February 21, 1883. To this union ten children were born.
He had been making his home with a son, George E. McGhee, of Roanoke, Illinois for the past few years.
He is survived by the following children: Earl, of Trenton, New Jersey; George E., Roanoke, Illinois; Abe A., of Washington, D.C.; Ralph S., of Kansas City; Cecil C., of Purdin; Mrs. Sarah Acree, of Palmdale, Calif.; Opal McGhee and Mrs. Josie Blunt, of Kansas City; fourteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.
Mrs. McGhee preceded him in death December 28, 1940.
Mr. McGhee united with the Church of Christ at Shelby fifty-nine years ago.
The Browning Leader-Record, Browning, Missouri. Thursday, 7 October 1954.
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- John McGhee, 97, Passed Way, Bloomington, Ill., Oct. 1
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