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Fenton McGee
aka James Fenton Hopkins, son of
Rebecca Hopkins, was born about 1835 in
either Maryland (census
records) or Ireland (draft
registration)
and died in 1867 in Galesburg, Illinois.
He married Esther Olinger on September 13, 1857 in Miami
County, Ohio.
Other events in the life of Fenton McGee
Burial : unmarked grave Galesburg, Illinois (died of
tuberculosis)
Childhood: He was orphaned at the age of 13 when his mother
died. At age 15, Fenton was living with James and Ann Waters family,
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland. His surviving
brother and sister were living with different farming families
in the Middletown district of Frederick County in 1850.
Occupation : Owned butcher shop, Fair and McGee in Abingdon,
Illinois, 1864 -1865 (income tax records). David Fair,
business partner, was the spouse of Susannah Olinger, Esther
Olinger's sister.
Other
References: See
1850 Census,
1860 Census
Esther Olinger was born February 16, 1841 in Randolph, Montgomery County, Ohio
and died
June 18, 1889 in Beetown (now called Bee), Seward County,
Nebraska
daughter of
Benjamin Olinger
and
Elizabeth Warner.
Other events in the life of Esther Ohlinger
Other Spouses
:
Francis Ellsworth McClellan
Burial :
(East) Union Cemetery, Bee, Nebraska (See
photograph)
Arrival : Lived in Ohio till 1863 then moved to Abingdon,
Illinois till about 1866 when the family moved to Galesburg, Illinois.
After death of her mother in 1877, she left Frank McCllellan and
moved to Bee, Nebraska circa 1880 with 8 of 9 children
accompanied by one of her brothers.
Occupation : Housewife.
Children of Fenton
McGee and Esther Olinger (see also
Francis
Ellsworth McClellan and Esther Olinger)
 Charles
'Charley' Eugene McGee
was born July 10, 1857 in Ohio
and died
December 7, 1929 in Bernice, Delaware County, Oklahoma.
(See
photograph). He married Addie Madison Parsons
in 1890 in Seward, Nebraska.
 Frances
'Fannie'
Evelyn McGee
was born 1 August, 1860
in Canton, Stark, Ohio and died 1947 in Luna
County, New Mexico.
(See
photograph). She married Singleton 'Bud'
Buenavista Rhea on October 28, 1883.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rebecca McGee was born October 25,
1863 in Westmilton, Miami County, Ohio and died October 9, 1950
in De Long, Knox County, Illinois.
She married George Ellsworth Cramer on October 14,
1885.
 James Fenton McGee
was born May 20, 1865 in Abingdon, Illinois and died November
30, 1942 in Holdrege, Nebraska.
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