History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p. 698. MEREDITH F. McGEHEE was born in Olden [sic] County, Ky., nine miles northeast of Louisville, Feb. 9, 1826.  His parents were Asa and Bathsheba (Wilhite) McGehee, natives of Virginia, where they were married, and soon after moved to Olden [sic] County, Ky., where they had a family of three sons and three daughters.  Meredith was the third son.  He remained in Olden [sic] County until ten years old, when he came in 1836 with his parents to Daviess County, Ky., and settled within a quarter of a mile of where Meredith now lives, in Masonville Precinct.  His father died here in October, 1839.  He was born in 1778. His mother died in 1866, in Olden [sic] County, Ky.  Meredith was married in Masonville Precinct to Sallie Kelly, April 29, 1849.  She was born in Murray Precinct, Daviess Co., Ky., and was a daughter of Joseph R. and Elizabeth (Newton) Kelly, natives of Kentucky.  After his marriage Mr. McGehee settled on the farm where he still resides.  He and wife had one son--Richard, born May 3, 1850; he married Miss Jane Loyd. They reside in Masonville Precinct.  Mrs. McGehee died Oct. 21, 1850. Mr. McGehee then married Miss Melvina Kelly, a sister of his first wife, June 22, 1852.  They had four children, two living--Bathsheba, born May 27, 1853, is the wife of John Dill and resides in Muhlenburg County, Ky.; Zachariah W., born Nov. 8, 1855, resides on the old homestead with his parents.  The mother died Nov. 13, 1857.  She was a member of the Baptist church.  April 16, 1860, Mr. McGehee married Nancy Smith.  She was born in Muhlenburg [sic] County, Ky., and was a daughter of F. and Juda (Stune) Smith, natives of North Carolina.  Mr. and Mrs. McGehee had four children, three living--Virgie L., born Jan. 10, 1861; Mary Airedelle, born March 4, 1865; Amanda B., born March 4, 1867.  Mr. McGehee owns a farm of 150 acres, 120 under cultivation, and raises corn and tobacco. He enlisted in the Mexican war, remaining in the service until its close.  In politics he is a Democrat. McGehee Wilhite Kelly Newton Loyd Dill Smith Stune = Oldham-KY VA Muhlenberg-KY NC http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/mcgehee.mf.txt