Nicholas Bois McGhee (1857-1927)

Rev. Nicholas Bois McGhee was born September 1, 1857 in Danville Ill. He attended seminary at Eminence College, Eminence County Kentucky. He was ordained and had pulpits in Kentucky, Fort Scot, Kansas, Chester England, and Los Angeles, California. He served in the British Army as a Chaplin during the Boer War (1899-1902). He died due to complications (diabetes) from an automobile/train accident in which both of his legs were lost. He passed away July 23, 1927.