GEORGE MAGEE
George Magee made a settlement upon section 18, in 1856. He was born in county Donegal, Ireland, March 10, 1822, where he lived until he was eighteen years old, when he emigrated to America. He located, at first, in the city of Philadelphia, where he worked for the Government, making shoes for the troops, then in Mexico. He came here, as above, and purchased a farm of a man by the name of Marshall, on section 18, which had a small cabin erected upon it, that was but sixteen feet square, and in this he moved and lived until 1863 when he erected a better residence. He spent the year 1861 and 2, in the mountains, in mining. He died at the homestead in this township on the 9th of June, 1881. He followed his trade of shoemaker somewhat after coming here, and was the first in the township in that line. His widow still resides upon the old place. She was formerly Ann Magee, and was also a native of the "Emerald Isle." She has three children--George W., Mary Jane and Rebecca E.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 791-792.
