Jacob MCGEHEE was born 1826 in Tennessee and died January 12, 1899 in Nemaha County, Kansas. He married Mary Jane Thompson, daughter of John and ElizaYEAGER THOMPSON, on October 11, 1851 in Lawrence County, Missouri. Mary Jane Thompson MCGEHEE died on December 19, 1886 in Nemaha County, Kansas. Both Jacob and Mary Jane are buried in the Dennis Cemetery, Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas.

He went with his family south into Missouri, to Lawrence county. It is here that Jacob married Mary Jane. He and Mary moved to Seneca, Nemaha County Kansas, sometime before 1860.



Children of Jacob and Mary Jane are:

1. Eliza J., born 1852, Missouri; married Batson DENNIS, JR., February 23, 1868,
Nemaha County, Kansas.

2. Martha E., born 1856, Illinois;

3. Lucinda Elizabeth, b. 1857 Missouri/Illinois (?); married Samuel BARKER, August 02, 1877, Nemaha County, Kansas; died April 03, 1903, Nemaha County, Kansas.

4. John M., born January 27, 1862, Nemaha County, Kansas; married Rosanna TATE, May 18, 1882, Nemaha County, Kansas; died February 10, 1940, Nemaha County, Kansas.

5. James, born 1862, Kansas.

6. Jacob, born November 19, 1867, Nemaha County, Kansas; married Ellen M. BURGE, December 17, 1891, Nemaha County, Kansas; died July 15, 1950, Nemaha County, Kansas.

7. Franklin, born 1867, Kansas.

8. Nicholas Thompson, born April 01, 1870, Shawnee County, Kansas; married Amanda REDDEN, November 20, 1894, Nemaha County, Kansas; died June 01, 1939, Council Bluffs, IA.

ltr: Archie McGehee, Nicholas T. McGehee, Floyd Arthur McGehee.
Nicholas is the son of Jacob and Mary McGehee, and the two boys are Nicholas' sons.

Jacob and Mary lived in Kansas much of the rest of thier life. At some point, Mary's parents and some extended family came to the same Seneca area. Jacob and some of the rest of the family are buried in Dennis Cemetery in Nemaha County Kansas.

This is Nicholas McGehee, son of Jacob McGehee

Frederick Irven McGehee and wife Mattie Laird Septer McGehee
son of John McGehee and Rose Tate
son of Jacob McGehee and Mary Jane Thompson
son of James and Jane McGehee

Census:
1860 Kansas Census, Valley T. P., Post Office Powhatten, dated 16th July 1860.
Jacob McGee, age 32, b/pl TN
Mary J., age 25, b/pl OH
Eliza J., age 8, b/pl MO
Martha E., age 4, b/pl IL
Lucinda J., age 3, b/pl MO

1870 Kansas Census, Shawnee County, Solari Twp. Name spelled McGehuhe
Jacob, age 40, b/pl E. TN
Mary Jane, age 28, b/pl IN
Martha E., age 14, b/pl IL
Lucinda, age 13, b/pl IL
John, age 9, b/pl KS
James, age 8, b/pl KS
Jacob, age 4, b/pl KS
Franklin, age 3, b/pl KS
Thompson, age 1/12th, b/pl KS

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