Information from Goodspeed's History of Stewart County Tennessee 1886.

Henry H. McGee, one of the prominent farmers of Stewart County, is the son of Thomas and Rebecca (Anderson) McGee. The father was born in this state and the mother in South Carolina. When a mere child she came to this county where they were married and had eight children, five of whom reached years of maturity. Both parents were believers in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

They are numbered among the early settlers of Stewart County. During his entire life he was a wide-awake farmer. The mother died at the age of sixty-seven; he still lives, being eithty-three. Henry inherits a vein of Irish blood from his paternal ancestry. Henry first beheld the light of day in the year 1827. being a native of this county.

In boyhood he had almost no educational advantages, not attending school more than twenty days each year. At the age of twenty-one he began for himself. By leasing land and chopping cord-wood he made enough to purchase seventy acres. Since, by hard work and good management, he has increased his acreage to about 1000.

He married Delilah Vickers in 1848, and by her had twelve children-three sons and nine daughters. In 1861 he volunteered in Company H., Fiftieth Tennessee Infantry, C.S. A., and after his capture at Fort Donelson, imprisonment at Chicago and exchange at Vicksburg he re-entered the service. When the twelve months for which his enlisted expired, he threw down his gun and started home a-foot, notwithstanding the orders of his Government to the contrary. In 1850 he moved where he now lives, having a fine large farm and a good grist-mill. In politics he is a Democrat and both he and his wife are leading members in the Methodist Episcopal Church.