I have just learned that a great grandfather William Gee died in Tecumseh in the 1870's. He was a wagonmaker. He was b.@1820 in Carter Co.,KY, md. Sarah McCarty in 1860 in KY.
He had 3 children born in MO.:Elizabeth, Charles, James Mack.
By 1880 his widow and children were in Washington co.,AR and from there went to Sevier co.,AR to work in a sawmill.