When James Bonham McGhee was born on 24 April 1842, in Murray, Georgia, United States, his father, Calvin William McGhee, was 23 and his mother, Amanda Caroline Wells, was 20. He married Elmira Gill on 12 September 1866. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Logan Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and St. Francois Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 28 September 1912, in Greenville, Wayne, Missouri, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Patterson, Wayne, Missouri, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Wayne, Missouri, United States
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Irish: variant of McGee .
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