Samuel McKee

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902
Transcribed by John Melton

McKEE, Samuel; Farmer; born in Cedar County, Iowa, November 22, 1846; son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Andra) McKee, natives of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, both deceased. His maternal grandfather, William McKee, a native of Pennsylvania, married a widow Buchanan. The maternal grandparents were John Andra, a native of Germany, and Elizabeth (Iseman) Andra, a native of Pennsylvania. Thomas McKee removed in 1846 from Pennsylvania to Cedar County, Iowa, where he resided for a time and then came to Trivoli Township, settled on a farm of two hundred and ten acres on Section 7, a mile and a quarter east of Farmington. Here he has as good land as there is in the country and a beautiful home. He married Martha Fink in Farmington, December 17 1875. She is the daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Merchant) Fink, the father a native of Maryland. There were seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. McKee: Ivy R., born in October 31, 1875, wife of Rancy Emmons, of Fulton County; Frank V., born September 13, 1878; Earl A., born December 7, 1881; Willie E., born March 28, 1883; Edith M., born March 22, 1885. Charles R., born February 16, 1888, died September 2, 1888; and Clarence S., born September 13, 1890. Mrs. McKee is a member of the Methodist Church. In politics Mr. McKee is a Democrat.

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