Montford McGehee
Montford McGehee (December 4, 1822 – March 31, 1895) was a North Carolina politician and farmer who served in the North Carolina General Assembly, and as the second North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture. Education. McGehee graduated with his bachelor's degrees from the University of North Carolina in 1841, where in 1844, he also received his Master of Arts degree. From 1841 to 1842 McGehee studied law at Harvard Law School. After he left Harvard, McGehee furthered his legal education by reading for the law under the tutelage of North Carolina Judge W.H. Battle, and was admitted to the  North Carolina Bar in 1844. Family life. Marriage. On September 25, 1854 McGehee married Sally Polk Badger, daughter of U.S. Senator George Edmund Badger, at Christ Church Raleigh, North Carolina. Children. McGehee had a son Lucius Polk McGehee who was also a lawyer. Death. McGehee died on March 31, 1895 at age seventy-three years at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina after a long illness.