Robert McGhee and Mary Topliff

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Husband Robert McGHEE ¹

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         Born: 1833 - Liberty, Hancock Co, Ohio 1
         Died: Deceased - Gilmore City, Pocahontas Co, Iowa 2
       Buried: 

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       Father: John McGHEE Jr (1810-1885) 3
       Mother: Eliza McKINNIS (1814-1893) 1 3

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     Marriage: 18 Apr 1857 - Allamakee Co, Iowa 4

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 Other Spouse: Fanny ??? (1850-      ) 2 - Abt 1867 - Iowa 2

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Events in his life were:

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• Census, Guthrie Co, Iowa, 1880

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Wife Mary TOPLIFF

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         Born: Abt 1838
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 

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General Notes (Husband)

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History Of Portage County
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. 1885
Chapter XX, pg 445
Knights of Honor—Cuyahoga Lodge, No. 316, K. of H., was chartered June 30, 1876, by the Supreme Lodge of the World, J. N. Ege, S. D. The charter members were G. S. Howden, Robert McGhee, A. C. Hines, N. W. Gregg, E. B. Smith, W. R. Emery, F. W. Root, A. D. Clark, W. H. Van Horn, A. B. Bertram,, E. Herman, E. M. Jones, E. Parkinson, W. M. Stokes, A. D. Orr, J. T. Wishart, George Fulsinger, John Stouffer, D. H. Plump, J. S. Smith, M. A. Norris, W. I. Cook. They have seventy-six members.
Chapter XX, pg 445-446
A. H. Day Post, No. 185, G. A. R., was organized December 11, 1882, and was chartered December 30, 1882, and named in honor of the late A. H. Day, of the Seventh Ohio Infantry. The charter members were James Crane, L. G. Reed, N. B. Rynard, F. L. Allen, C. P. Rodenbaugh, M. L. Robinson, F. B. Allen, G. A. Furry, J. S. Sweeney, W. M. Stokes, B. A. Brewster, B. W. Fessenden, Sam Dobbins, D. P. Holcomb, A. D. Clark, A. C. Hinds, A. P. Powell, E. Minnich, L. N. Raw, John Rubbins, H. W. Kirk, B. F. Hargeaves, C. H. Barber, Hugh B. Deads, F. H. Vickers, H. L. Atkins, Leander Johnson, W. E. Greanfield, L L. Heriff, R. McGhee, Ed. Wells, William Hopson, W. H. Van Horn, H. M. Foltz, George Harter, F. L. Punning, Thomas May, A. A. Rogers, S. J. Rouse and Robert Smith. F. L. Dunning was First Commander in 1882 and 1883. J. S. Sweeney was elected in 1884, and Robert McGhee in 1884-85. N. B. Rynard was First Adjutant; F. B. Allen, Second Adjutant, in 1883-84, and Ezra Fowler in 1884-85. The members not mentioned in the foregoing record are John Bechtel, George Meacham, M. B. Norton, William Tucker, 0. W. Myers, M. N. Smith, H. H. Snyder, M. V. Merrill, P. Y. Barnes, George L. Andrews, Jefferson Thomas, W. H. Fergurson, C. D. Ruggles, J. S. Cook, H. H. Holden, L. L. Johnson, M. C. Clark, J. H. Howell, J. M. Irwin, Charles Waldron, John Fitzpatrick, John Allman, A. B. Stutzman, Charles S. Tyson, D. Baker, Frederick Myers, Henry J. Shook, H. D. Sawyer, John Cross, John Willeston, W. Champney, George Gangle, John I. Hastings, 0. Champney, G. Bertholf, Phil. Ulm, Ezra Fowler, Levi Reed, S. Cuthbert, S. B. Bailey, Paul Clark, L. M. Chapman, Dallas Moulton, George Moon, L F. Wilcox, H. 0. Barton, W. S. Nickerson, C. A. Nickerson, H. W. Gridley, William Miller and Moses Owen. This is one of the most progressive posts in this district.

History Of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens
Edited and Compiled by Hon. Aaron R. Van Cleaf, Circleville, Ohio
"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"
Published By Biographical Publishing Company
George Richmond, Pres.; C. R. Arnold, Sec'y And Treas. Chicago, Illinois, 1906
pg 179
MATVILLE
Is a small settlement of about 50 inhabitants in the western section of Scioto township. It was formerly known as Jacktown. Here are found the general stores and groceries of R. A. & W. M. McGhee and D. J. White and grocery of Dan McFarland. Arch McMillen is the village blacksmith. The Citizens' Telephone Company has established a line to Matville.

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1 1850 Hancock Co, OH Census (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/), 391b.

2 Forstad, Paul (http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1932384&id=I111761274).

3 History of Hancock County (Ohio) (Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886), Chapter XVIII, Part III.

4 First Marriages, 1849-1860 (http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/allamakee/vitals/1stmar.txt).