Matthew Miller McGee (1895)
MCGEE, KALE, PERKINS, PEED
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 12/17/2005 at 11:23:47
Winterset Madisonian
September 1895Death of M. M. McGee
Matthew Miller McGee died in this city, Friday August 30, 1895 at about 9 o'clock p.m. being confined to his bed only one week.
Mc. McGee was born in County Donegal Ireland in 1829. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1831, and removed to this state in 1853, and to Madison County in 1854.
His funeral was held last Sunday at 2 o'clock p.m. conducted by the Rev. Fred Harris. The attendance of old time friends and neighbors was enormous, the funeral cortege being the largest ever seen in Winterset. Mr. McGee was married to Miss Caroline Kale in 1852. She died in Feb. 1889. Surviving him are four children, John M., Iver Lee Mrs. C. F. Perkins and Mrs. F. M. Peed.
Living here so long, Mr. McGee was known by every old resident of the county. None knew him but to respect and honor him for his sterling qualities of mind and heart. The honest Scotch-Irish blood that flowed through his veins made him and outspoken and straightforward man, hating sham and hypocrisy and loving truth and virtue. He was very independent in his nature, yet with a heart full of charity and good will towards his fellow man. Of a very active industrious and frugal nature he accumulated a comfortable fortune but was at the same time the true friend of the unfortunate and distressed. Every one honored and respected him and his death is a great loss to humanity.
_________________________________________________________________________Winterset Reporter – September 5, 1895
Winterset, Iowa
Page 5M. M. McGee Dead
Last Friday at about 9 o’clock p.m., M. M. McGee died at his home in this place after an illness of a little more than one week. The funeral was conducted at the house by Rev. Harris at 2 o’clock Sunday, and was one of the largest funerals ever held in Winterset.
Deceased was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 1829, and came with his parents to this country in 1831, settling in Ohio. In 1852 he was married to Miss Caroline Kale, who preceded him to the grave six years. Four children blessed their union, and still survive their parents. The family moved to Madison county in 1854, and for many years Mr. McGee was one of the most prosperous farmers in the county, becoming quite well-to-do as a result of untiring energy and watchful frugality. He served one term as member of the board of county commissioners, and always took an active part in the interests of the community and country, in politics as well as social life. He was widely known and respected, and his death brings sadness to the whole county.
Note: Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.
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