Canyon County ID Archives Biographies.....Magee, Lewis J. 1868 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

    LEWIS J. MAGEE, secretary of the Boise-Payette Water Users Association and a
resident of Caldwell, was born in Bloomfield, Davis county, Iowa, October 23,
1868, his parents being John L. and Nancy A. (Thorp) Magee. The father was also
a native of Davis county, Iowa, while the former was born in Jefferson county,
Missouri, on the 12th day of February, 1840. During his early life John L. Magee
engaged in teaching school and later took up the occupation of farming in Iowa.
In 1898 he removed to California and now makes his home at San Jose, where he is
living retired from active business. He served during the Civil war as a member
of an Iowa regiment, and his patriotism has ever been of a lofty character. His
wife passed away in 1902. 

    Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, Lewis J. Magee attended
the common and high schools of Bloomfield, Iowa, and later entered the
University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He next pursued a business course at
Burlington, Iowa, which he completed in 1892, and then returned to Nebraska,
where he engaged in teaching for about eight years. In 1901 he came to Caldwell
and took up farming, which he followed continuously until 1917, when he rented
his land and became secretary of the Boise-Payette Water Users Association, in
which capacity he represents the farmers and other users of the water supply. He
is also one of the eleven members of the board of directors of the association. 

    In 1892 Mr. Magee was united in marriage to Miss Mina Price, of Essex
county, Ontario, Canada, and they have become the parents of four children:
Wallace J., who is engaged in farming near Caldwell; Kenneth L., who was a
member of the artillery, stationed at Camp Lewis, Washington; and Doris R. and
Rosalie E., who are pupils in the Caldwell schools. 

    Mr. Magee gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and in 1915
was a member of the state legislature from Canyon county He is interested in all
that has to do with the welfare and up-building of his state and has been the
supporter of many movements looking to the general good. His religious faith is
that of the Baptist church and its teachings guide him in all the relations of
life. For recreation he turns to hunting and fishing, but he is a man who finds
keen pleasure in his work, deriving from it the joy which comes from the
accomplishment of a well defined purpose. 


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CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1920



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