My Genealogy Hound

F. M. McGehee, attorney at law at Varner, Lincoln County, Ark., is the subject of the present sketch, and a description of the birth, occupation and successes of prominent men being the chief point of interest in the history of any county, this volume would be in no measure complete without the life of Mr. McGehee. His birth occurred at what is now Cleveland County, in the year 1854. He is the son of Madison F. and Lucy C. (Merriwether) McGehee, who were of Irish descent, and moved from Mississippi to Arkansas, where the father was a leading planter before the war. Of the nine children born to them, the subject of this sketch and two sisters are living at the present date. F. M. McGehee was educated at a Lutheran University at Greensboro, Ala., and in 1875 graduated with honors from the Classical Department of Emery and Henry College with the degree of A. M. After six years spent in farming in Lincoln County, Ark., Mr. McGehee traveled for two years through California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, surveying and generally prospecting, and in 1884 returned to Lincoln County. In the following year he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme judges of the Arkansas court. He first practiced his profession with great success at Star City, and upon the establishing of a Supreme Court of Justice at Varner, removed to this place, where he has continued to reside up to the present time. On March 30, 1881, Mr. McGehee married Miss Fannie D. Marks, daughter of G. M. and Catherine E. Marks.