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About Anthony Crockett McKee
Physician, Farmer
The following obituary of Anthony Crocket McKee was submitted by his grandson, Vernon L. McKee, who is the Pastor of the Central Baptist Church of Carthage, Texas, March 29, 1954 . It was written by Miss Lizzie McKee, assisted by her brother, Robert L. McKee, both children of Anthony Crocket McKee:
ANTHONY CROCKET McKEE
"On Wednesday, the 8th day of March, 1911, occurred the death of this pioneer citizen at his home in Platte Township. In his passing away, Clinton County and the state of Missouri loses one of their oldest citizens, and while not distinguished for the things which make men noted, he was certainly gifted with those qualities which won the highest esteem of all who came in contact with him".
"Mr. McKee was born in Franklin County, Kentucky, February 5, 1818, being at the time of his death 93 years, one month and three days of age. His father, John McKee, was an early settler in old Kentucky, having emigrated there from Virginia in 1790, and there took an active part in the affairs of that new state beginning while it was yet a territory. He distinguished himself as a Captain in one of the Kentucky regiments during the second war of the Revolution. Mr. McKee's mother was the daughter of Colonel Anthony Crockett, who distinguished himself during the same war as a Colonel and who was a close relative of the famous David Crocket. She was a cousin of the late Chief Justice George Robertson of Kentucky. Mr. McKee's boyhood days were spent on the farm where he worked in the production of hemp, tobacco and corn. During this time he was two years County Surveyor of his native county, and two years Deputy Sheriff under his brother R. B. McKee, then high Sheriff. He attended Hanover College at Hanover, Indiana and the Louisville Medical Institute. Graduating from the latter in 1848 he then entered upon the practice of his profession at Frankfort, Kentucky, but it seems it was not in tended for him to be a practicing physician. His sensitive nature and his desire to live a quiet and unasssuming life were so strong that he did not wish to bear the responsibilities and obligations which he thought belonged to the life of a practicing physician, so he abandoned his profession and took up farming. This profession he followed after that".
"On December 20, 1852, he was married to Miss Frances E. Hurst, daughter of George and Nannie Hurst also of Franklin County, Kentucky, and her estimable and cheerful qualities have fully demonstrated that he made a wise choice in selecting a companion, for indeed the credit belongs in a great measure to her for whatever success he had, and for a long and apparently untroubled life. Her worthy parents had given her the kind of education and training which made her the equal of her worthy husband".
"Mr. and Mrs. McKee were the parents of ten children, six sons and four daughters all of whom, together with the widow, now live to mourn the loss of husband and father, and the de scendants number ten grandchildren and two great-grandsons".
"In 1857 Mr. McKee removed to Clinton County, Missouri, settling in Platte Township where he has since resided. It has been said that his journey across the country to the Western border of civilization and his beginning of a new home in the wilderness of the West was lik e the landing of the pilgrim fore-fathers in the rough and unbroken forests of New England; a nd like the pilgrims, he and hundreds of others like him, began their pioneer life on that br oad and comprehensive principle which went forth to develop a proud citizenship in our great country. He always spoke of this removal with satisfaction and delighted to talk about the changes he had witnessed. The building of farms, villages and cities, and the development of natural resources in this new country, is a fitting tribute to the memory of all those rugged pioneers who watched them materialize. To have lived during this period, with the fullest appreciation of the obligations due his children and his country, with an honest desire for material progress, was more valuable than to have occupied the highest official position. This man who lived from 1818 to 1911 must have observed some very interesting and critical incidents in the history of the United States. He lived during the lifetime of every man who ha s been President except Washington. The general development of the institutions and the growth of wealth and power, together with modern conveniences, have been like a transformation; so in this connection it may be said again that as civilization moved forward, the sturdy pioneers whose wealth was character, were its pillars".
"Mr. McKee's parents being ardent Presbyterians, he was christened in his infancy according to the customs of that denomination. In 1873 he became a member of the Baptist Church, but he was a man who clung strongly to first principles and he seemed never to forget or aband on his early training and his devotion to his ancestors, and the principles they had taught him. Being a Jeffersonian democrat he always voted his party principles, except when disfranchised under the Drake Constitution of Missouri by reason of the sentiments he entertained duri ng the Civil War".
"Funeral services which were attended by a large number of neighbors and friends were held at the Methodist Church in Perrin and were conducted by Dr. John Sturgis, after which he was laid to rest in the Perrin Cemetery".
Had a grandson Vernon L. McKee res. Carthage, Panola, Tx
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Anthony Crockett McKee's Timeline
| 1818 |
February 5, 1818
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Franklin, Kentucky, United States
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| 1853 |
November 9, 1853
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Franklin, Kentucky, United States
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| 1856 |
August 3, 1856
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Carthage, Hancock, Illinois
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| 1858 |
April 19, 1858
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Clinton County, Missouri
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| 1860 |
April 21, 1860
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Clinton County, Missouri
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| 1862 |
September 4, 1862
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of Perrin, Clinton, Missouri, United States
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| 1864 |
August 11, 1864
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Clinton County, Missouri
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| 1867 |
February 5, 1867
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Perrin, Clinton, Missouri, United States
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| 1869 |
January 3, 1869
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Clinton County, Missouri
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