Hugh McKee and Jane Thompson

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Husband Hugh McKee ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1761 - Antrim Twp, Cumberland (later Franklin) Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Mar 1812 1 2
         Buried:  - Punxsutawney Cemetery, Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co, PA

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         Father: James McKee, Jr. (Abt 1740-1810) 2
         Mother: Susan Nesbit (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Jane Thompson ¹

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            AKA: Elizabeth Thompson 2
           Born: 1764 - Cumberland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jun 1847 - Jefferson Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M James McKee ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Sep 1794 - near Congruity, Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Sep 1838 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Cox (1791-1852) 2
           Marr: 1 Oct 1822 - near Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA 2

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2 M Thompson [1] McKee ²

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

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3 M Thomas McKee ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Henderson (cal 1805-1865) 1 3

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4 F Sarah McKee ^{1 2 4 5}

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           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1833 4 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph Bell (1796-1850) 1 5 7
           Marr: 1825 4 6

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5 M Thompson [2] McKee ^{2 8}

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           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Bell (1808-Bef 1880) 9

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6 F Susan Nesbit McKee ^{1 2}

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

         Spouse: George Newcomb (      -Bef 1880) 1

         Spouse: Thomas Hall (      -Bef 1880) 1

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7 F Nancy Watson McKee ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Saddler (      -      ) 1

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8 M William McKee ⁸

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           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Nancy Davis Bell (1811-Bef 1880) 9

         Spouse: Mary Johnston (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Hugh McKee

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He was among the first settlers, locating in 1815, near the present site of Perrysville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. His interment was the first burial in the Punxsutawney cemetery.

He was born near Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He engaged in the Indian fur trade, and at the outbreak of the Revolution enlisted in the Continental Army. He participated in the New Jersey Campaign. The following letter from Valley Forge indicates that he shared the severe suffering of that dreadful winter.
Camp on the Schuylkill
December 12, 1777.
Dear Mother,
My company came here yesterday and we are preparing for a long stay. We feel that we have a long, gloomy winter ahead. The General does not think that we will move before spring.
My foot is still very sore and walking about in the cold and snow with it bound up in cloth does not help it any. God knows I do not complain when my comrades are also without shoes and without covering, and our country's liberties are in the balance. We laugh at our hardships and joke about the beef-fed Britons. Be brave, the God of Battles is with us.
It is so cold, I can hardly write another word and what I have written with this poor quill and worse fluid may not be made out.
Father and brother are out scouting toward Philadelphia.
Your loving son,
HUGH.
Hugh McKee became a Captain of Riflemen before the close of the war. He was also captain of the Congruity Rifles during the War of 1812. After the settlement in Westmoreland County, he married and purchased a farm near his father's home, and there all of his children were born. After the death of his father, in 1812, he moved into Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, and settled at Hamilton Post Office, where he was killed March 21, 1812, by a log falling on him from the roof of his cabin. He was buried in the old Punxsutawney graveyard, his being the first grave in that cemetery.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 447.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 84.

3 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 161.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 869.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1212, 1374.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1374.

7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 868.

8 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 447, 528.

9 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 445, 447, 528.