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JAMES C. McGEE, farmer, living near Palma, Marshall County, is a native of North Carolina, and was born in 1828. His father, Robert McGee, was also a native of North Carolina, and there died, when James C. was but an infant. His mother, Malinda (Gibson) McGee, was afterward married to William Freeman, and the family removed from Virginia to this county in the spring of 1846, and settled on the Tennessee River, near the present site of Calvert City. Here Malinda Freeman died soon after their immigration to this county, as did also her husband, William Freeman. James C. McGee was principally reared in the State of Virginia, and for some years after removing to this county, he engaged as a farm hand, having, in the beginning, nothing, save the strength of his young manhood and a persistent determination to succeed. About 1856, he purchased fifty acres of land, where he now lives, and proceeded to improve it, and by industry and economy he has been able to add to this, from time to time, until he became one of the largest land owners in the county. He now owns about 600 acres of land, and engages in mixed husbandry and stock-raising. With the exception of serving as constable and deputy sheriff, he has devoted himself exclusively to the pursuits of agriculture, never having sought any position of public trust. He is a genial, benevolent gentleman, and an honored member of the A. F. & A. M. In 1853, James C. McGee married Miss Laurinda E., daughter of Col. Alfred Johnston, of whom mention is made in the general history of Marshall County. They have had thirteen children, of whom two are dead— Magdalene A., wife of L. W. Truitt; Joseph H.; Julia E., wife of C. B. Littlejohn; William T., Howard J., Curtis A., Effie L., James M., Charles L., Mary C. and Alfred Adeline McGee.