MCGEE, George H.

MCGEE, John H. (Dubuque, IA, Sept. 30, 1848--Unknown). George H. McGee lived in Dubuque until May 15, 1871. He traveled to Sioux City, Iowa and from there rode to Clearwater Creek, Antelope County, Nebraska. He opened a lumber business, ran a saw mill, and did surveying.

In 1882 Mr. McGee took up a homestead claim in section thirteen, township twenty-five, range eight, and also took a tree claim in section thirty-five, Blaine township. He owned twelve hundred and forty acres of good land in addition to which he had forty acres of school land, forty acres of land in Dubuque County, Iowa, and thirty acres of trees on his home property, which is known as the "McGee Ranch." Stock raising was McGee's principal business having about one hundred and fifty head of fine Polled Durham cattle, seventy head of horses and eleven mules.

Mr. McGee was married in 1881 to Miss Adelaide Van Ostram, a native of Wayne county, New York, born June 16, 1861; her parents were early settlers in Nebraska, locating there in 1874, in Clearwater township, Antelope county. Mr. and Mrs. McGee were the parents of nine children: Emma L., Stella E., wife of Ernest Miller, now living in Blaine township, they having one child, named Mary Adelaide; Georgie Anna; Edward C., Susie M., Minnie M., James E., David N., and Frank.

In 1903 Mr. McGee became the first county assessor elected in Antelope County. He held the office of county supervisor six years and was re-elected to office 1910; was chairman of board of supervisors for three years; and served as representative of his district in the Nebraska legislature for one term. He was one of the organizers of his school district, Number Six, in 1872.

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