John Burruss McGehee

1836 - 1913  (77 years)

• Name	John Burruss McGehee
  Born	23 Jan 1836	Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Feb 1913	Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA
  Person ID	I23778	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Judge Edward McGehee,   b. 1786, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA ,   d. 1880  (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine E Stewart,   b. 26 Sep 1839, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 29 Apr 1918, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. James Stewart McGehee,   b. 9 Mar 1860, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 15 Sep 1945, Woodville, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F8141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John McGehee was the C.S.A. and President of the West Feliciana Railroad. He was a member of Legislature. He was said to have been bright and humorous. His quaint wit and charming ease endeared him to many friends. He was from Laurel Hill Louisiana. (FindAGrave) History The West Feliciana was the oldest part of the Illinois Central System. It ran 26 miles between Bayou Sara, Louisiana and Woodville, Mississippi. The first section was completed in 1835, and construction was finally completed in 1842. It would have been completed sooner, but the railroad encountered more than its fair share of obstacles, from determined opposition to its building to losing uninsured rails in a shipwreck. The railroad became part of the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad in 1888, and part of the Illinois Central System in 1892 when the LNO&T was consolidated with the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad.