Tom McCabes Genealogy 2022

Evans death was chronicled many years later in the Westville News Dated 27 October 1898, which described the incident as follows:

.....\"For many years there were from two to five retail liquor saloons in Westville, around and about which many disturbances occurred, such as fistcuffs and affrays, with occasionally a shooting or cutting affair. One night, some 51 or 52 years ago, a row took place in one that stood on the corner where Drummond's store now stands. Evan Magee (father of Thomas and W.J. deceased) was cut with a knife from the effects of which he died. A man by the name of Revels was indicted for the murder, and when the case came up for trial, he applied for a change of venue and his case was moved to Smith Co., where he was convicted of manslaughter, this having occurred before there was a penitentiary in the state. He was branded for the crime. After Magee's death, Mr. Miles, father of S.J. Miles of Harrisville, married his widow Naomi Magee.\"

From Findagrave for Ruth Magee Howell

Children: Mesanire Jane Howell May (1837 - 1903)* Preston Howell (1840 - 1858)* Parnecy Catherine Howell May (1842 - 1912)*

Burial: Old Gum Springs Cemetery Braxton,Simpson County, Mississippi, USA

Ruth Magee wife of Lewis Howell 1805 to1862, taken Jan 2015

Old Gum Springs Cemetery located off Manning Rd. at Crossroads of Gum Springs Rd & Old Pinola-Braxton County Rd. at railroad tracks north of D'Lo about 5 miles. Directions: From Hwy 49 South, Jackson or Brandon, Ms. Drive south on Hwy 49 to Business 149 in D'Lo. Go south-east on Hwy 149 towards D'Lo. Look for a right fork at general merchandise store in old town Braxton, turn right at fork onto Gum Springs Rd. go south to crossroads railroad tracks bisect Old Pinola-Braxton Rd and Gum Springs Rd. Immediately after railroad track take immediate right parallel to track on south side is Manning Rd. House across has historic marker of Old Gum Springs Church. Go about 1/4 mile after curve in road to entrance of Old Gum Springs Cemetery, now surrounded by silver wire hurricane fence.

HOLDEN McGEE - REPUBLIC OF TEXAS Daughter Republic Texas Biography(Revised)

Holden McGee, son of Jonathan and Rebecca (James McGee, was born in Richmond County, Georgia on March 12, 1796. Around 1808 Jonathan McGee and his family were in Mississippi and moved to Louisiana, settling on the Pearl River. He and part of his family fought in the Battle of New Orleans. Holden McGee married Sarah Mary Howell in 1822 and they became the parents of nine children: George Washington (m. Frances Jane Townsend); John; Jonathan (m. Ophelia C. Frazier); Rebecca (m. Henry J. Townsend); James Purdee (m. Elizabeth L. Owens); Mary A. (m. William Henry Williams); William Lewis (m. Armacinda Letney); Joseph Evans; and Green Flournoy (m. Virginia Charlotte Letney). The McGee family came to Texas in 1839, settling first in Jasper County where Holden McGee received a 3rd Class Land Grant in Devember1839. Sometime later he moved into San Augustine County living near the Angelina River Bottom. McGee Bend Dam (now Sam Rayburn Reservoir) was named after him since the Dam was built on land owned by Holden McGee. Holden McGee died at the age of 102 on October 13, 1898 and was buried in the Lucas Cemetery, Broaddus, San Augustine County, Texas. The family story is that while plowing the garden, Holden unearthed a den of rattlesnakes, resulting in his death. On May 25, 1986 his grave was marked with a "Citizen of the Republic of Texas Medallion" by the Murray Hall Mantooth Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Sally Howell, his wife, died June 8, 1851 and is buried on the family homestead in Newton County, Texas. Posted 02 Aug 2010 by Nannette35 on ancestry.com.