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[3] In 1840, Willis Magee built a grist mill on Little Goodwater Creek, inside the present city limits. He started the first and only postal service in the area in 1855. [4] Robert Solomon Magee was the first post master in Magee and the city of Magee was named after him. Richard Farthing came to Magee in 1859 when he was in the leather tanning ...
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The scandal first came to light June 7, 1988, when a number of decomposing bodies were found inside the funeral home. [2] Conflicting reports state the bodies were discovered June 6, and reported on the 8th [3]. A total of 36 bodies, including one fetus and three sets of body parts, were uncovered inside the building.
The town of Tylertown was first known as the Magee Settlement. It was settled by emigrants of the Magee and Thornhill families, who came from South Carolina. J. Thornhill acquired the first tract of land for the settlement on September 20, 1816, after Native Americans were pushed out of the area.
Sylvester Magee (allegedly born May 29, 1841 – died October 15, 1971) received much publicity as the last living former American slave. [1] He was accepted for treatment by the Mississippi Veterans Hospital as a veteran of the American Civil War .
Ural Everett Park in downtown Magee,Mississippi in 2020 Source I took the photo Date 11-16-2020 Author KevinmageeMagee,Mississippi. Permission (Reusing this file)
There were 2,098 households, out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 24.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The Indians destroyed the French colony at Natchez and other settlements in the area. On November 29, 1729, the Natchez Indians killed a total of 229 French colonists: 138 men, 35 women, and 56 children (the largest death toll by an Indian attack in Mississippi's history). They took most of the women and children as captives.