Hugh and Catherine McKee, of Allen Twp.

Mrs. Catherine McKee, p. 1077

        MRS. CATHERINE McKEE. Hugh McKee (deceased) was a son of
        John and Mary (Seaborn) McKee, who were natives of eastern
        Pennsylvania and who moved many years ago to Westmoreland
        county, Penn., where they died. The father was a soldier of the
        Revolution, and also participated in the war of 1812. They were the
        parents of ten children.

        Hugh McKee was born in 1800, in Chambersburgh, Franklin Co.,
        Penn., and coming with his parents to Westmoreland county, Penn.,
        was there reared and educated. On January 29, 1829, he was united in
        marriage with Catherine Lutz, a native of eastern Pennsylvania, and
        daughter of Martin and Catherine (Cline) Lutz. Her parents were born
        in eastern Pennsylvania, and came to Westmoreland county in an early
        day. Mr. and Mrs. McKee resided on the home place until 1837, when
        they moved to Washington county, Penn., and in 1842 bought 150
        acres of the "Dixon place," and sold fifty acres.

        In politics Mr. Hugh McKee was actively identified with the
        Democratic party, and in religion he and his wife were members of the
        Presbyterian Church. Their children were as follows: Margaret (wife of
        Richard Ward, was born in 1832), John, Anna, Thomas, Mary (wife of
        Jehu Dunlevy), Anna (married to James Bailey), Sarah Jane (wife of
        Bartemus Dunlevy), Catherine, and Ephraim (who was married to
        Annie, daughter of John Sphar). The children of this family are all now
        deceased, and the father passed away January 3, 1886. Mrs. McKee,
        who is now the only living representative of the family, is living on the
        home farm in Allen township. 


        Text taken from page 1077 of:
        Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington
        County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). 

        Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of
        the Beers Project.