About Montford McGehee
Lived 1822 – 1895 (aged 72). Montford McGehee was an American lawyer and politician.
Education McGehee graduated with his bachelor's degrees from the University of North Carolina in 1841, where in 1844, he also received his Master of Arts degree. From 1841 to 1842 McGehee studied law at Harvard Law School. After he left Harvard, McGehee furthered his legal education by reading for the law under the tutelage of North Carolina Judge W.H. Battle, and was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1844.
Family life
Marriage On September 25, 1854, McGehee married Sally Polk Badger, daughter of U.S. Senator George Edmund Badger, at Christ Church Raleigh, North Carolina.
Children McGehee had a son Lucius Polk McGehee who was also a lawyer.
Death McGehee died on March 31, 1895, at age seventy-three at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina, after a long illness.
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American politician
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Montford McGehee was born on 4 December 1822 in Person County.
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Montford McGehee died on 31 March 1895 in Raleigh.
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Montford McGehee was a lawyer and politician.
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