from a Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania newspaper in May 1909:

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Shannon Hill, Auburn Twp. - Will Sheridan, Mrs. Wm. McGee and daughter Ruth
and baby started Tuesday after for their new home in Montana.  The rest of
the family are settled there and like it very much.

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Probably from a Wyoming County, Pennsylvania newspaper in June of 1912:

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Enterprise readers who are aquainted with Mr. Magee.  [It appears some of
the article may be missing here.]  The deceased was a former resident of
Auburn township going West about three years ago.
  At 7 o'clock Wednesday evening William Magee, foreman on the big Water Hill
farm at Northcote, Minnesota, was accidently killed.  The men on a plowing
outfit were returning home from the field and as the large steam engine,
pulling the gang of plows behind got into the bridge at Section 1, Town of
Hampden, the bridge gave way, the whole outfit crashing down through it.
It was all done so quickly that not one of the crew seemed to realize what
had happened till it was discovered that the body of their foreman was
pinned between the plows and the engine and was being scalded to death.
It was later learned that death must have been instantaneous when the body
was squeezed between the plows and engine, as the man's chest was badly
mashed.  Mr. Hill brought the body to R. B. Johnson's undertaking rooms in
this city, yesterday morning where Corner [sic] Dahlquist held the inquest.
As a result of the horrible accident, all of the Hill farmhands were still
yesterday, even a word spoken among the men was scarcely above a whisper,
so large is the grief over the loss of their foreman.  Mr. Hill said to our
reporter:  "Every man on the farm highly respected and thought the world
of our foreman." and Mr. Hill's personal tribute was:  "I never seen a man
as good in any position as he was in his and I can never hope to see one."
To show the respect, every man on the farm came to Hallock yesterday to act
as pall bearers in bringing the remains to the station when the body was
shipped to Kalispell, Mont., for interment.  The remains were accompanied by
Mr. Hill and a son of the deceased, who had been working with his father.
Mr. Magee had been foreman of the Hill Farm for the past 10 months and
won for himself the distinction of honesty, fair dealing and reliable
among all with whom he had anything to do and won admiration of every man
under him.  The position he has held will be hard to fill with a man of
equal capabilities.  The deceased was 46 years of age leaving a family in
Kalispell, Montana, to mourn his loss.--Northcote, Minn., paper.
  A wife and six children survive the deceased.  The children are:
Mrs. Chas. McClung, Ruth, James, Emmet and Merl Magee, of this city, and
John of Northcote, Minn.  A sister, Mrs. John Kernan resides in Auburn,
Pennsylvania.
  The funeral services were held in Kalispell, June 8, 1912, at 11 o'clock
with Requim [sic] High Mass at St. Mathews, Rev. Father O'Farrar officiating.
The remains were laid away in the Conrad Memorial cemetery.  Among the many
beautiful floral offerings was a large wreath, sent by the men who worked
under him on the ranch.
  William Magee was born in Auburn, Pennsylvania, and came to Kalispell
with his family three years ago.  His place in the family is one that can
never be filled, his loss will never be forgotten.--Kalispell, Mont., paper.

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