Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert Alexander King and Margaret McKee




Husband Robert Alexander King 1 2

           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage:  - Westmoreland Co, PA



Wife Margaret McKee 2

           Born: Abt 1837 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1907 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Alexander McKee (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 



   Other Spouse: Thomas Hosack (      -      ) 2


Children
1 M James A. King 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



2 F Georgia King 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1909
         Buried: 



3 M Joseph Robert King 1 2

           Born: 1 Oct 1861 - Rock Island, Rock Island Co, IL 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Laura M. Turner (1863-      ) 1
           Marr: 25 Dec 1884 1



General Notes: Husband - Robert Alexander King


He was a soldier in the Union army at the time of the Civil war, being a member of Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Regiment. He was mustered in September 8, 1862, under the name of Alexander King, and was killed by sharpshooters at Atlanta, Georgia. He had married in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, soon after which he moved to Rock Island, Illinois.


General Notes: Wife - Margaret McKee


She was a native of Ireland, coming to America when but nine years of age.

After her first husband was killed in the Civil War, she returned from Illinois to Pennsylvania.
With her second husband, she became the mother of eight children, two of whom died in infancy.

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Sources


1 Alexander Turner, A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections (Sheakleyville, PA: Press of W. R. English, 1890), Pg 46.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1026.


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