Although Mr. Magee's tombstone shows his birth date as Feb. 1, several other sources indicate Feb. 4.
Excerpts from an "In Memorium" column that appeared in a Columbia, Miss., newspaper on Oct. 13, 1932:
Jesse J. Magee, the subject of this sketch, was born near the county line between Pike and Lincoln counties, at the village of Johnston Station, the 4th day of February 1857. He lived on the place of his birth until he married in 1878.
Miss Cora Coney, the only daughter of a widowed mother, was the bride of his choice, the ceremony being celebrated in November 1878 in the old Huffman home, Mr. Huffman being the grandfather of the bride.
Soon after the marriage, Mr. Magee took charge of that plantation and lived there until 1893, when he moved with his family to Tylertown and entered the service of the Lampton Company. He and his family identified themselves with the Methodist church there, he serving as Sunday School Superintendent for a number of years. Mr. Magee was an active member of the church for fifty-three years.
In 1902, Mr. Magee moved from Tylertown to Columbia, continuing in the service of the Lampton Company. His wife died in July 1912. He remained in Columbia for two years longer, but in 1914 he moved to Fayetteville, Ark., where he lived until his death. He was happily married again in 1918 to Mrs. Effie Evans Rich of Fayetteville, who together with his seven daughters survive him . . .
On September 30, 1932, after a funeral service held in the Methodist church in Columbia, Mississippi, conducted by the writer, he was laid to rest in the City Cemetery, by the side of the wife of his youth, who had preceded him by twenty years to "That City whose Maker and Builder is God."
--The Rev. L. E. Alford
Excerpts from an "In Memorium" column that appeared in a Columbia, Miss., newspaper on Oct. 13, 1932:
Jesse J. Magee, the subject of this sketch, was born near the county line between Pike and Lincoln counties, at the village of Johnston Station, the 4th day of February 1857. He lived on the place of his birth until he married in 1878.
Miss Cora Coney, the only daughter of a widowed mother, was the bride of his choice, the ceremony being celebrated in November 1878 in the old Huffman home, Mr. Huffman being the grandfather of the bride.
Soon after the marriage, Mr. Magee took charge of that plantation and lived there until 1893, when he moved with his family to Tylertown and entered the service of the Lampton Company. He and his family identified themselves with the Methodist church there, he serving as Sunday School Superintendent for a number of years. Mr. Magee was an active member of the church for fifty-three years.
In 1902, Mr. Magee moved from Tylertown to Columbia, continuing in the service of the Lampton Company. His wife died in July 1912. He remained in Columbia for two years longer, but in 1914 he moved to Fayetteville, Ark., where he lived until his death. He was happily married again in 1918 to Mrs. Effie Evans Rich of Fayetteville, who together with his seven daughters survive him . . .
On September 30, 1932, after a funeral service held in the Methodist church in Columbia, Mississippi, conducted by the writer, he was laid to rest in the City Cemetery, by the side of the wife of his youth, who had preceded him by twenty years to "That City whose Maker and Builder is God."
--The Rev. L. E. Alford
Although Mr. Magee's tombstone shows his birth date as Feb. 1, several other sources indicate Feb. 4.
Excerpts from an "In Memorium" column that appeared in a Columbia, Miss., newspaper on Oct. 13, 1932:
Jesse J. Magee, the subject of this sketch, was born near the county line between Pike and Lincoln counties, at the village of Johnston Station, the 4th day of February 1857. He lived on the place of his birth until he married in 1878.
Miss Cora Coney, the only daughter of a widowed mother, was the bride of his choice, the ceremony being celebrated in November 1878 in the old Huffman home, Mr. Huffman being the grandfather of the bride.
Soon after the marriage, Mr. Magee took charge of that plantation and lived there until 1893, when he moved with his family to Tylertown and entered the service of the Lampton Company. He and his family identified themselves with the Methodist church there, he serving as Sunday School Superintendent for a number of years. Mr. Magee was an active member of the church for fifty-three years.
In 1902, Mr. Magee moved from Tylertown to Columbia, continuing in the service of the Lampton Company. His wife died in July 1912. He remained in Columbia for two years longer, but in 1914 he moved to Fayetteville, Ark., where he lived until his death. He was happily married again in 1918 to Mrs. Effie Evans Rich of Fayetteville, who together with his seven daughters survive him . . .
On September 30, 1932, after a funeral service held in the Methodist church in Columbia, Mississippi, conducted by the writer, he was laid to rest in the City Cemetery, by the side of the wife of his youth, who had preceded him by twenty years to "That City whose Maker and Builder is God."
--The Rev. L. E. Alford
Excerpts from an "In Memorium" column that appeared in a Columbia, Miss., newspaper on Oct. 13, 1932:
Jesse J. Magee, the subject of this sketch, was born near the county line between Pike and Lincoln counties, at the village of Johnston Station, the 4th day of February 1857. He lived on the place of his birth until he married in 1878.
Miss Cora Coney, the only daughter of a widowed mother, was the bride of his choice, the ceremony being celebrated in November 1878 in the old Huffman home, Mr. Huffman being the grandfather of the bride.
Soon after the marriage, Mr. Magee took charge of that plantation and lived there until 1893, when he moved with his family to Tylertown and entered the service of the Lampton Company. He and his family identified themselves with the Methodist church there, he serving as Sunday School Superintendent for a number of years. Mr. Magee was an active member of the church for fifty-three years.
In 1902, Mr. Magee moved from Tylertown to Columbia, continuing in the service of the Lampton Company. His wife died in July 1912. He remained in Columbia for two years longer, but in 1914 he moved to Fayetteville, Ark., where he lived until his death. He was happily married again in 1918 to Mrs. Effie Evans Rich of Fayetteville, who together with his seven daughters survive him . . .
On September 30, 1932, after a funeral service held in the Methodist church in Columbia, Mississippi, conducted by the writer, he was laid to rest in the City Cemetery, by the side of the wife of his youth, who had preceded him by twenty years to "That City whose Maker and Builder is God."
--The Rev. L. E. Alford
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