Alexander McKee Family

Randolph County, Illinois, United States of America

Robert McKee

1.4             Robert G. McKee

                  b. 1816 County Armagh, Northern Ireland

                  d. 17 Sep 1880 Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois

                  m.

                  Anna N. Jones

                  b. 1813 Northern Ireland

                  d. 13 Sep 1887 Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois

        1.4.1   Margaret McKee

                  b. 2 Jun 1838 New York City, New York

                  d. 11 Feb 1861 Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois

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1.4.1          Margaret McKee

                  b. 2 Jun 1838 New York City, New York

                  d. 11 Feb 1861 Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois

                  m. 23 Feb 1860 Randolph County, Illinois

                  William McKinley

                  b.

                  d.

     1.4.1.1   Unknown Male McKinley

                  b. 29 Jan 1861 Randolph County, Illinois

                  d. 21 Feb 1861 Randolph County, Illinois

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No one is looking for Robert McKee because there is no one left to look. Robert’s only child dies soon after giving birth to Robert’s only grandchild. And ten days later, Robert’s tiny weak grandson follows his mother to an early grave. And yet in spite of the fact that no is left to look for Robert McKee or his family, Robert is the key to this family history. Without him, much of this history would be unknown.

If during his lifetime, Robert thought about creating a will, he never does anything active about it; that is, he dies intestate. When that happens, all possible heirs must be listed and an attempt must be made to contact them. Included in the Letters of Testamentary for Robert McKee is such a list. I’ve reproduced the list below, with text in parentheses providing clarification of each person’s relationship to Robert McKee.

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Ann McKee (wife, Anna N. Jones)

Alexander McKee (brother) and Susan McKee his wife

Joseph G. McKee (brother) and Patsy McKee his wife

Jane Campbell (sister) and Harvey Campbell her husband

Mary L. A. Ashworth 
(great niece, Mary Jane Anderson Ashworth McKee Carswell’s daughter)

Agnes E. Ashworth
(great niece, Mary Jane Anderson Ashworth McKee Carswell’s daughter)

Joseph J. McKee
(great nephew, Mary Jane Anderson Ashworth McKee Carswell’s son)

Elizabeth G. Carswell
(great niece, Mary Jane Anderson Ashworth McKee Carswell’s daughter)

Susannah (Susana) McKee, widow of William McKee (brother) dead

William McKee, Jr. (nephew, William McKee's son)

Susannah (Susana) McKee, Jr. (niece, William McKee's daughter)

Mary J. Thompson (niece, William McKee's daughter) and Joseph Thompson her husband

Sarah McKinley (niece, William McKee's daughter) and Robert McKinley her husband

Margaret Leman (niece, William McKee's daughter) and George Leman (Leemon) her husband

In addition there is an ad for the following people:

Agnes Dodd, Joseph Dodd
(niece, Agnes McKee Anderson’s daughter, and her husband)

Alexander Andersen (nephew, Agnes McKee Anderson’s son)
33 Old Cross Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancastershire, England

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Robert McKee—the McKee who has no direct descendants to search for him—reaches out across more than 100 years to give modern researchers the information they need to reconstruct his family. The one family member who has no reason to leave a trail of records leaves what is arguably the best piece of evidence for the accurate reconstruction of the family. From a genealogy point of view, Robert’s gift is a rare and valuable one indeed.

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Union Cemetery, Randolph County, Illinois

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