JOSEPH McKEE

He was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, July 31, 1831. His parents were John and Nancy McKee. His parents settled in Mercer county in 1841, since which time Mr. Mclvee has lived upon a farm, and has been a constant citizen of Mercer county. He enjoys, with his brother "William, the distinction of being the only living pioneers of Mercer township.

He was married July 8, 1858, to Miss Isabel A. Waddle, formerly of Marshall county, West Virginia. They have six children living : Ella J., aged twenty ; Samuel Elsie, aged fifteen; Orvill S., aged eleven; Eoland H.;Elsey Clyde, aged five; and Ralph Waldo, aged one year and a half. Mr. M. is a member of the Presbyterian church of Aledo, and politically is a republican.

 

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