Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 4. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 44-45.

	CHARLES A. MCGEE, interested in farming in the Callapooia district in 
Douglas county, was born in Bay county, Missouri, September 5, 1848, and is a 
son of William D. and Jane C. (Nelson) McGee, both of whom were natives of 
Guillford county, North Carolina, where they were reared.  In 1832 they were 
married and in the same year removed to Bay county, Missouri.  Thirty-two 
years later or in 1864 they came west to Oregon, crossing the plains with ox 
teams and settling on the farm which is now owned and cultivated by Charles A. 
McGee, in the Callapooia district.  The father purchased the R. A. Forest 
donation claim which comprised about three hundred and eight acres of land and 
subsequently entered eighty acres, making his holdings three hundred and 
eighty-eight acres.  He was identified continuously with agricultural pursuits 
to the time of his death, which occurred July 13, 1877, when he was sixty-five 
years of age.  His wife long survived him and died December 21, 1898, at the 
age of eighty-three years.  His father was a Douglas democrat and a staunch 
believer in the principles advocated by "the little giant of Illinois," but 
was never an office seeker.  Both he and his wife were members of the Baptist 
church.
	Charles A. McGee was reared at home and attended the common schools 
but his opportunities were somewhat limited, owing to the fact that his twin 
older brothers were at the front in the Civil war and it was necessary for him 
to remain at home and do the work of the farm, when otherwise he would have 
been devoting the same time to the acquirement of an education.  When he was 
seventeen years of age he was given an interest in the home place and has 
since devoted his attention untiringly to its further development and 
improvement.  His tract of land is rich and productive and his methods of 
farming are both practical and progressive.  He has made a close study of the 
needs of the soil and the climate in relation to the production of crops here 
and his labors are attended with good results.  From time to time he added to 
his property until he was the owner of about seven hundred acres, but he has 
deed two hundred and fifty acres to his foster son, George Wilcox, leaving his 
present holdings four hundred and fifty acres.
	In 1870, Mr. McGee was united in marriage to Miss Mary nancy Rice, a 
native of Washington county, Oregon, and a daughter of James E. Rice, who came 
to this state from Missouri in 1844, taking up a donation claim in Washington 
county.  Following his marriage Mr. McGee purchased a farm about nine miles 
from Oakland, upon which he located, but subsequently sold that and made two 
other purchases and removals ere in January, 1880, he purchased the old 
homestead on which he now lives.  Unto him and his wife no children were born 
but they adopted and reared two nephews: Robert Wilcox, who for the past nine 
years has been a successful teacher in the schools of Lexington, Oregon; and 
George Wilcox, who is in partnership with Mr. McGee in the operation of the 
home farm.
	In politics Mr. McGee is a republican and is thoroughly informed 
concerning the question and issues of the day.  He served for two terms, or 
four years, as county commissioner but has held no other offices and prefers 
to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs.  He and his wife are 
members of the Christian church and in the community where they reside they 
have a large circle of warm friends who justly accredit them with all those 
estimable qualities which count in good fellowship.  From the age of sixteen 
years Mr. McGee has resided in Oregon, much of the time upon the farm which is 
now his home, and among the early settlers of Douglas county he is therefore 
numbered.

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