BIO: John Andrew MAGEE, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 879 & 880.
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  JOHN ANDREW MAGEE, a retired farmer and an honored veteran of the Civil war, 
for many years has been a resident of Burnside township, Clearfield county, Pa.  
He was born in Clarion county, Pa., November 9, 1832, and is a son of William 
and Sarah (Palmer) Magee, and a grandson of John A. Magee.
  William Magee was born in Clarion county, Pa., of Irish parentage.  His life 
was one of industry, his business being farming and lumbering.  He died early, 
in 1834, when his son, John Andrew, was only two years old.  He had married 
Sarah Palmer, who survived him many years, her death occurring in 1890.  Her 
father came from the Isle of Man.
  John Andrew Magee attended school for a short time in his boyhood, but as soon 
as his strength permitted, began to take care of himself by his own industry and 
afterward learned the carpenter's trade.  In the meanwhile he married and with 
his wife and family spent some three years in the West, working at his trade in 
different places.  When the Civil war broke out, Mr. Magee and family were in 
Iowa, and there he enlisted for three years, entering Co. I, 15th Ia. Vol. Inf.  
He saw much hard service, including many desperate battles and made the 
memorable march to the sea with General Sherman, and on October 3, 1862, he was 
seriously wounded, at Corinth, Miss.  At the expiration of his term of 
enlistment he was honorably discharged and was mustered out at Davenport, Ia.  
From there Mr. Magee came to his present farm, which he not only cleared but has 
greatly improved.  Here he carried on farming and stockraising until he passed 
his responsibilities to younger hands and is now enjoying a period of well 
earned rest.  He is a valued member of the G. A. R., Post No. 40, Cherry Tree.
  Mr. Magee married Caroline Bricknell, who was born December 6, 1835, in the 
State of New York, a daughter of John and Ann Maria (Underdunk) Brickell, old 
New York state people, probably of Holland ancestry.  Nine children were born to 
Mr. and Mrs. Magee, namely:  Thomas, who married Mary Vasbinder, and has three 
children and two grandchildren; Mary, who is the wife of S. Wilson, of Cherry 
Tree, and has six children and eight grandchildren; Cordelia, who is the widow 
of C. Lockard, and has five children and six grandchildren; Luella, who married 
George Lydic, a farmer in Burnside township, and has five children; John, who is 
the home farmer, married Maud Lydic and has one child, Mona; Cora, who is the 
wife of Thomas Frank, of Slabtown, Pa., and has three children, and three 
children who are deceased.  Mr. Magee can take much pride in his fine family of 
vigorous descendants for they are creditable to their ancestry and community.  
Mr. Magee is a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal church in Burnside 
township.  In politics he is a Democrat and has served as a member of the school 
board and also as township supervisor.