Father: Richard McGee
Mother: Elizabeth Gentry
During the Civil War he served as a Major and Surgeon. Early on in the war he was an Assistant Surgeon reporting to the 12th TN Infantry. In Nov. 1862 he signed a contract to be paid $80 per month while on duty. In 1863/64 he was a "floater" to Cheatham's Division. He was appointed to the rank of major by the Secretary of War August 25, 1864. He was captured at Pulaski Tenn on Dec. 25 1864 and sent to Louisville Kentucky Feb 18 1865. He was discharged from Louisville and forwarded to Camp Chase Ohio on March 3 1865. On March 14 1865 he was listed as a Prisoner of War at Camp Hamilton, VA and was sent to a "point of exchange". On March 16 1865 he requested a leave of absence, "Sir, having returned, yesterday, from Prison in feeble health, I respectfully apply for a leave of absence of thirty days. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt, J.P. McGee.
Memphis Medical Monthly, Volume 10, Issue 2
DIED----Dr. J. P. McGee, of Memphis, February 3, 1890.
Dr. McGee was born in Henry County, Tenn., in 1835; he was therefore at the time of his death but 55 years old. He was educated at McLemoresville, Tenn.; graduated in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1861. Before graduation Mr. McGee practiced medicine in Trenton, Tenn. Immediately after receiving the degree M.D., he entered the Confederate Army as a surgeon, and remained until the close of hostilities. After his return he located in Hickman, Ky., where he practiced until 1867, when he returned to Trenton and devoted his energies to his chosen profession until called to take the chair of Principles and Practice of Medicine in the Memphis Hospital Medical College in the fall of 1883. He occupied this chair until the reorganization of the faculty in 1885, when he resigned. Dr. McGee was a friend of organized medicine, and received the honors of the profession liberally. In 1862, he was chosen president of the Tri-State Medical Association of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, and was at one time president of the West Tennessee Medical Society.
For some time previous to his death the doctor had suffered from mental depression, nervous and physical exhaustion. He died of pneumonia, following an attack of epidemic influenza.
Mother: Elizabeth Gentry
During the Civil War he served as a Major and Surgeon. Early on in the war he was an Assistant Surgeon reporting to the 12th TN Infantry. In Nov. 1862 he signed a contract to be paid $80 per month while on duty. In 1863/64 he was a "floater" to Cheatham's Division. He was appointed to the rank of major by the Secretary of War August 25, 1864. He was captured at Pulaski Tenn on Dec. 25 1864 and sent to Louisville Kentucky Feb 18 1865. He was discharged from Louisville and forwarded to Camp Chase Ohio on March 3 1865. On March 14 1865 he was listed as a Prisoner of War at Camp Hamilton, VA and was sent to a "point of exchange". On March 16 1865 he requested a leave of absence, "Sir, having returned, yesterday, from Prison in feeble health, I respectfully apply for a leave of absence of thirty days. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt, J.P. McGee.
Memphis Medical Monthly, Volume 10, Issue 2
DIED----Dr. J. P. McGee, of Memphis, February 3, 1890.
Dr. McGee was born in Henry County, Tenn., in 1835; he was therefore at the time of his death but 55 years old. He was educated at McLemoresville, Tenn.; graduated in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1861. Before graduation Mr. McGee practiced medicine in Trenton, Tenn. Immediately after receiving the degree M.D., he entered the Confederate Army as a surgeon, and remained until the close of hostilities. After his return he located in Hickman, Ky., where he practiced until 1867, when he returned to Trenton and devoted his energies to his chosen profession until called to take the chair of Principles and Practice of Medicine in the Memphis Hospital Medical College in the fall of 1883. He occupied this chair until the reorganization of the faculty in 1885, when he resigned. Dr. McGee was a friend of organized medicine, and received the honors of the profession liberally. In 1862, he was chosen president of the Tri-State Medical Association of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, and was at one time president of the West Tennessee Medical Society.
For some time previous to his death the doctor had suffered from mental depression, nervous and physical exhaustion. He died of pneumonia, following an attack of epidemic influenza.
Father: Richard McGee
Mother: Elizabeth Gentry
During the Civil War he served as a Major and Surgeon. Early on in the war he was an Assistant Surgeon reporting to the 12th TN Infantry. In Nov. 1862 he signed a contract to be paid $80 per month while on duty. In 1863/64 he was a "floater" to Cheatham's Division. He was appointed to the rank of major by the Secretary of War August 25, 1864. He was captured at Pulaski Tenn on Dec. 25 1864 and sent to Louisville Kentucky Feb 18 1865. He was discharged from Louisville and forwarded to Camp Chase Ohio on March 3 1865. On March 14 1865 he was listed as a Prisoner of War at Camp Hamilton, VA and was sent to a "point of exchange". On March 16 1865 he requested a leave of absence, "Sir, having returned, yesterday, from Prison in feeble health, I respectfully apply for a leave of absence of thirty days. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt, J.P. McGee.
Memphis Medical Monthly, Volume 10, Issue 2
DIED----Dr. J. P. McGee, of Memphis, February 3, 1890.
Dr. McGee was born in Henry County, Tenn., in 1835; he was therefore at the time of his death but 55 years old. He was educated at McLemoresville, Tenn.; graduated in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1861. Before graduation Mr. McGee practiced medicine in Trenton, Tenn. Immediately after receiving the degree M.D., he entered the Confederate Army as a surgeon, and remained until the close of hostilities. After his return he located in Hickman, Ky., where he practiced until 1867, when he returned to Trenton and devoted his energies to his chosen profession until called to take the chair of Principles and Practice of Medicine in the Memphis Hospital Medical College in the fall of 1883. He occupied this chair until the reorganization of the faculty in 1885, when he resigned. Dr. McGee was a friend of organized medicine, and received the honors of the profession liberally. In 1862, he was chosen president of the Tri-State Medical Association of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, and was at one time president of the West Tennessee Medical Society.
For some time previous to his death the doctor had suffered from mental depression, nervous and physical exhaustion. He died of pneumonia, following an attack of epidemic influenza.
Mother: Elizabeth Gentry
During the Civil War he served as a Major and Surgeon. Early on in the war he was an Assistant Surgeon reporting to the 12th TN Infantry. In Nov. 1862 he signed a contract to be paid $80 per month while on duty. In 1863/64 he was a "floater" to Cheatham's Division. He was appointed to the rank of major by the Secretary of War August 25, 1864. He was captured at Pulaski Tenn on Dec. 25 1864 and sent to Louisville Kentucky Feb 18 1865. He was discharged from Louisville and forwarded to Camp Chase Ohio on March 3 1865. On March 14 1865 he was listed as a Prisoner of War at Camp Hamilton, VA and was sent to a "point of exchange". On March 16 1865 he requested a leave of absence, "Sir, having returned, yesterday, from Prison in feeble health, I respectfully apply for a leave of absence of thirty days. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt, J.P. McGee.
Memphis Medical Monthly, Volume 10, Issue 2
DIED----Dr. J. P. McGee, of Memphis, February 3, 1890.
Dr. McGee was born in Henry County, Tenn., in 1835; he was therefore at the time of his death but 55 years old. He was educated at McLemoresville, Tenn.; graduated in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1861. Before graduation Mr. McGee practiced medicine in Trenton, Tenn. Immediately after receiving the degree M.D., he entered the Confederate Army as a surgeon, and remained until the close of hostilities. After his return he located in Hickman, Ky., where he practiced until 1867, when he returned to Trenton and devoted his energies to his chosen profession until called to take the chair of Principles and Practice of Medicine in the Memphis Hospital Medical College in the fall of 1883. He occupied this chair until the reorganization of the faculty in 1885, when he resigned. Dr. McGee was a friend of organized medicine, and received the honors of the profession liberally. In 1862, he was chosen president of the Tri-State Medical Association of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, and was at one time president of the West Tennessee Medical Society.
For some time previous to his death the doctor had suffered from mental depression, nervous and physical exhaustion. He died of pneumonia, following an attack of epidemic influenza.
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