Husband James Free McKee 1
Born: 8 Sep 1833 - near Crawford's Mills, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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Father: William McKee (1792-Abt 1865) 1
Mother: Hannah Postlethwaite ( -Bef 1865) 1
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Other Spouse: Mary Ann Jones ( - ) 2
Wife Mary Ann McMahan 2
Born: Abt 1836
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Died: 1871 2
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Father: Roberty McMahan ( - ) 2
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1 F Susan Elizabeth McKee 2
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Spouse: Charles B. Wiard ( - ) 2
General Notes: Husband - James Free McKee
He prepared himself for educational work in the township schools, and in a local academy. In 1852 he began to teach and was thus employed more or less continuously until 1892, when he taught his last term, his pupils being Metlakahtla Indians, in Alaska, in which country he lived during 1891 and 1892. In the intervals of teaching he engaged in farming, in different sections, and in 1888 he came to Franklin Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he had a farm of thirty acres.
In August, 1862, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, becoming a member of Company C, One Hundred Thirty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged in June, 1865, during the larger part of this period being attached to the Signal Corps. He was later a commander of John H. Randolph Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Prospect, Pennsylvania.
He and his wife were members of the Prospect Presbyterian Church. In national campaigns he voted with the Republican party, but in local affairs was an Independent. From 1892 until 1897 he served as justice of the peace and was again elected in 1907. He was also auditor of Prospect.