Joseph
McKEE - (Ca.1805 - 1856)
(son
of Michael Sr. by first marriage)
Until the Andrew Logan McKee family bible turned up, there was no documentary evidence "proving" that JOSEPH McKEE was a son of MICHAEL Sr (or for that matter, "proving" relationship of others considered siblings), MICHAEL Sr. was the only known McKEE residing in the area who was old enough to have a child of this age. We can be reasonably certain that JOSEPH was one of the three males aged 20-30 enumerated in MICHAEL Sr's household. on the 1830 census. Among the entries just below those for Margaret & Michael McKee (Sr), an entry just below that for Michael's son Archibald was the entry:
Joseph (what may have been a middle name overlaps the ending of Joseph - looks like [?]el) McKee
Died Oct the 26 1856.
Jefferson County marriage records establish that JOSEPH S. McKEE married "LEATHY WILLEMAN" (RELIEF WIDEMAN) on 9 Oct 1836. The WIDEMAN Family in America 1738-1985 (available at the DeSoto Library) has a lot more about "LEATHY's" line than I have seen/extracted., but a group sheet by Fern Childers HUNT (who, I understand, was a contributor to that work). Joseph and his family reportedly went from Missouri to Kansas. Most likely the move was prior to 1850 as we do not find him enumerated in Jefferson County on the 1850 census.
Michael Jr also named a son Joseph, presumably after his brother.