Alexander B. McKay and Anna M. "Annie" Paxton

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Husband Alexander B. McKay ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Jul 1844 - Pardoe, Findley Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: William McKay (1809-1871) 4
         Mother: Eliza Lanigan (1811-1903) 4

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       Marriage: 1870 5

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Wife Anna M. "Annie" Paxton ⁶

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         Father: Thomas Paxton (1792-1850) 7
         Mother: Mary A. Kerr (      -1880) 8

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Children

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1 M William S. McKay ^{5 9 10}

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           Born: 1871 - Findley Twp, Mercer Co, PA 9
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         Spouse: Lydia E. Raymond (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 1902 9

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2 F Stella M. McKay ⁵

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         Spouse: Dr. Leroy D. Shafer, D.D.S. (1872-      ) 11
           Marr: 1900 12

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3 F Bertha D. McKay ⁹

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander B. McKay

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He was reared at Pardoe, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and in 1867 he engaged in the manufacture of carriages at Pardoe, and continued for nine years. In 1876 he removed to Grove City, and established an extensive business, employing sixteen men and manufacturing about 300 wagons per year. February 27, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. Mr. McKay was a member of the first council of Grove City, and was burgess in 1879. He was a member of Marion Craig Post No. 325, G. A. R., and of the R. T. of T. He and family were members of the United Presbyterian Church, and he was a Republican.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 966, 969, 1034.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 509.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1034.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 966.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1035.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 969, 1035.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 968.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 969.

9 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 510.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 674.

11 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 459, 509.

12 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 460.