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COL Benjamin Franklin McGehee

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COL Benjamin Franklin McGehee

Birth
Person County, North Carolina, USA
Death
1 Nov 1886 (aged 70)
Arcadia, Iron County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Ironton, Iron County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Obituary from "Iron County Register," dated Thursday, November 11, 1886, page 5, and Thursday, November 25, 1886, page 5:

"Col. B.F. McGehee, of Arcadia, died on 1st inst., after a long and painful illness from cancer, aged about 60 years. Col. McGehee was a native of Tennessee* and came to Missouri more than 12 years ago. He espoused Mrs. A. Janis, who survives him. He was of genial temperment and kindly disposition. At the age of 21, he moved with his parents to Jacksonville, Al. Some years after he moved to Nashville and then to Winchester, Tn., where he was a miner. He came to Missouri about 1871."

* Note: first obituary states he was a native of Tennessee, the second obituary has him being born in North Carolina.
Obituary from "Iron County Register," dated Thursday, November 11, 1886, page 5, and Thursday, November 25, 1886, page 5:

"Col. B.F. McGehee, of Arcadia, died on 1st inst., after a long and painful illness from cancer, aged about 60 years. Col. McGehee was a native of Tennessee* and came to Missouri more than 12 years ago. He espoused Mrs. A. Janis, who survives him. He was of genial temperment and kindly disposition. At the age of 21, he moved with his parents to Jacksonville, Al. Some years after he moved to Nashville and then to Winchester, Tn., where he was a miner. He came to Missouri about 1871."

* Note: first obituary states he was a native of Tennessee, the second obituary has him being born in North Carolina.

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