A history of Texas and Texans . hattention to the improvements of his own property Inthis county. The five children of himself and wife arementioned as follows: Louise Adeline, tlie ife ofJoseph Austin of Richmond; Nellie is in school atDenton, Texas; Minnie, George Dunlap and Jesse Mer-riam are all at home. Mr. Florea and wife are activemembers of the Christian church, he is affiliated withthe Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knightsof Pythias, and Mrs. Florea is a member of the Daugh-ters of the Confederacy. Mr. Florea is a keen studentof men and affairs and whether in official capac
A history of Texas and Texans . hattention to the improvements of his own property Inthis county. The five children of himself and wife arementioned as follows: Louise Adeline, tlie ife ofJoseph Austin of Richmond; Nellie is in school atDenton, Texas; Minnie, George Dunlap and Jesse Mer-riam are all at home. Mr. Florea and wife are activemembers of the Christian church, he is affiliated withthe Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knightsof Pythias, and Mrs. Florea is a member of the Daugh-ters of the Confederacy. Mr. Florea is a keen studentof men and affairs and whether in official capacity oras a private citizen has always maintained a deep in-terest in educational activities. He is regarded as oneof the brightest men in Fort Bend county. Joel R. McGee, M. D., of New Boston, Bowie county,Texas, belongs to one of the pioneer families of theLone Star State. He was born in Bowie county, two miles south of thepresent town of New Boston, in 1870, son of J. Tom andElizabeth (McCright) McGee. J. Tom McGee was born J. ^ //] /^/^^i^^^^-i^f^^^^^^-i^rt^c^^ TEXAS AND TEXANS 1695 near Eome, Georgia, in 1846, and in 1849 came withhis father, Joel MeGee, and other members of the fam-ily, to Texas. The family settled in Cass county, whichwas their home until 1859, when they moved to Bowiecounty. This has been their home ever since. J. TomMcGce, at the age of eighteen, enlisted in the Confed-erate army, and saw one year of active service. He mar-ried soon after the war, and with the passing years sevenchildren and fifteen grandchildren were given to them,all of whom are still living, with one exception—agrandchild was claimed by death in September, 1912. Joel E. JVIcGee attended the common schools of hisnative county and the New Boston high school, and healso pursued a course of study at the Sam HoustonNormal School at Huutsville, of which institution he isa graduate with the class of 1894. Then for nine yearshe taught school in Bowie county. Meanwhile he de-cided to enter
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