Andrew Logan McKee Bible Records
The deaths page of a family bible from Andrew Logan McKee's line is a goldmine of previously unknown information and firmly connects Michael's son William to the Jefferson County, MO McKees. The first three death entries of children of Wm. D & Nancy (in writing which could possibly be his) followed by entries in another handwriting listing deaths of William's father, mother, several sibling/half siblings and the next generation for his youngest full sibling:
S.W. departed
this life July the 28
1829
William's
oldest son
C.H. departed this
life Ap the (space) 1862
(Cornelius
died after being
wounded
so scribe may not
have
known the date -- 4th)
F.M. departed this
(li)fe June the 1st 1862
F.M.,
probably named Francis,
also
died while serving in the
Confederate
Army (typhoid pneumonia)
Margrit McKee
(D)ied February the
17 - 1828
(Margrit
was the first wife
of
Michael McKee Sr & mother
of
Wm.D. Bible establishes her
name
& precise death date)
Michel McKee
Died April the
23 - 1845
(Establishes
his precise
death
date - Michel was born
ca.1765
to Adam [& Jean?]
McKee
- he died Jefferson Co, MO)
Archibald(smudged) McKee
Died Archibald McKee
August the 27, 1835
(son
of Michel & Margrit born
ca.1802;
died in Jefferson Co
<1838
- we learn precise date)
Joseph McKee
Died Oct the 26 1856
(son
of Michel & Margrit born
ca.1805;
left Jefferson Co by
1850;
prob. died in KS - we
learn
his date of death)
John McKee Died 1847 (or 49)
(probably
the son of Michel &
Margrit
born in[?] 1800 per 1800
&
1810 census. Did not know his
name
or when/where he died)
Oliv Belew Died
October the 6 1870
(Michel
Sr's daughter by his
second
marriage; born ca.1831,
married
Silas Bellew. Bible
provides
precise death date)
Lucinda McKee Died
February (day faded out?) 1846
(Lucinda
nee Whitney - widow
of
John Gamble, Jr - was Michel's
second
wife. Bible provides
death
information; just knew she
was gone fm. Jefferson Co by 1850.)
"Family of Harvey
McKee of Mo"
Adam
Harvey McKee (1811-1880)
was
the youngest son of Michel Sr
&
Margrit. We had estate & tomb-
stone
information on him. He
married
the widow of Archibald, his
older
brother
Elizabeth McKee died
Nov the 14 1843
Nothing
known about her until
bible
entry; two children born between
Sarah
& Emily must have died young
Archibald McKee died
August the 27, 1844
Nothing
known about him until
bible
entry; two children born between
Sarah
& Emily must have died young;
no
doubt named after his father's
brother/mother's
1st husband.
Sarah Bowen Died
November the 26th 1861
Dau.of
Adam Harvey per estate
records;
learned her married name
and
death date
Marth McKee wife
of Harvey McKee
Died May the 16 1867
Adam
Harvey married Martha
nee
McCulloch, the widow of
his
brother Archibald 20 May 1838
Emma McKee Died
February the 11 1868
Emily,
Dau.of Adam Harvey per estate
records;
learned her death date.
Jane McKee Died
March the 15 1872
On
the 1870 census, Jane was listed in
Adam
Harvey's household (age 17). Since
she
died before her father, she wasn't
mentioned on his estate.