Samuel McGee is the son of Sarah Jane Cassingham and Joshua McGee. He was born in Aug 1864/1865 in Illinois. He died 5 December 1953 at age 88/89 in College View, Lancaster, Nebraska. He is buried at College View Cemetery, College View, Lancaster, Nebraska.

On 9 June 1903, he married Helena E. Dagenkolbe in College View, Lancaster, Nebraska. She was born about 1884 in Germany. This marriage ended in divorce on 8 October 1923 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska. 

Children of Samuel McGee and Helena E. Dagenkolbe:

1. Alwin J. McGee was born 28 Oct 1912 in Nebraska. He died 14 Nov 1969 at age 57 in King County, Washington.

Notes

There was some scandal involved in the divorce of Samuel and Helena. She filed for divorce alleging extreme cruelty and non support. He in turn sued his brother, Edgar (!) alleging alienation of affections as seen in an article below, published in the Evening State Journal and Lincoln Daily News, 23 June 1923:

SAYS BROTHER WON WIFE'S AFFECTION Samuel McGee of College View Asks $20,000 Damages-Charges Breaking Up of Home. Samuel McGee of College View filed an amended petition in the district court Saturday, for $20,000 damages against his brother, Edgar McGee for the alleged alienation of the affections of his wife and child. It is alleged in the petition that Edgar McGee came to live at his brother's home about five years ago and that during that five years just passed he paid court to his brother's wife. ... It is also alleged that the brother pretended affection for the plaintiff's ten-year-old son and that he by his pretense has won the little boy away from his father. On the first cause of action, the alienation of his wife's affections, the plaintiff seeks $10,000 damages and on the second cause of action, the turning of the son away from his father, the plaintiff seeks $10,000, making the total of $20,000 damages sought. The original petition was filed May 21, 1923.

Sources

Samuel:

• Birth, Death and Burial from his grave marker [photo courtesy of Sean McGee]
• Burial from the Journal Star, Lincoln, NE, Dec 8, 1953 [image courtesy of Sean McGee].

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Samuel: 1870 Census. Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois. Page 23.
• Samuel: 1880 Census. Blandinsville, McDonough, Illinois. Page 304.
• Samuel: 1900 Census. Murray, Marshall, KS. p. 15.
• 1910 Census. Grant, Lancaster, NE. p. 3.
• 1920 Census. College View, Lancaster, NE. p. 19.