Lewis Magee

Brief Life History of Lewis

When Lewis Magee was born in 1830, in Beech Creek, Wayne, Tennessee, United States, his father, Elijah Magee, was 21 and his mother, Mary Polly Shephard, was 19. He married Mary Polly Brooks in 1853, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 14 November 1861, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Wayne, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Magee
1830–1861
Mary Polly Brooks
1832–1902
Marriage: 1853
Nancy Elizabeth Magee
1854–
Mary Frances Magee
1855–
Martha Caroline Magee
1857–1937
Elijah Bailey Magee
1859–1930
Thomas Lewis Collie Magee
1861–1943

Sources (6)

  • Louis Magee, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lewis Magee in entry for Martha Caroline Cotton, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
  • Lewis Mcgee in household of Elijah Mcgee, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (4)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aoidh or Mag Aodha ‘son of Aodh’ (see McGee ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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