David Ritchie McKee

newspaperman

In 1880 and 1900, the family was living in Washington D. C., where David was enumerated as a journalist in 1880 (no occupation listed in 1900). David represented the Associate Press in Washington, D. C. for several years. Also living with the family in 1880 was Redick H. McKee; nephew; born circa 1864 in Pennsylvania

Decennial Record of the Class of 1896, Yale College By Yale University. Class of 1896

McKee Dunn McKee Gardener and health seeker Residence Biltmore NC Permanent mail address 1753 Rhode Island Avenue Washington DC
..McKee Dunn McKee was born Oct 21st 1873 at Washington DC He is a son of David Ritchie McKee and Frances Elizabeth McKee who were married May 11th 1871 at Washington and had two other children both sons Lanier McKee 95 and David Ritchie Mckee Jr. 1903
.David Ritchie McKee b Sept 17th 1842 at Wheeling W Va is manager of the New York Associated Press Washington He is a son of Redick McKee (Redrick Mckee, Colonel) a merchant Wheeling San Francisco and Washington and Eliza Ritchie of Cannonsburg Pa The family is of Scotch descent ancestors emigrated from the north of Ireland in 1750 settled at what is McKeesport Pa
Frances Elizabeth Dunn McKee b Dec 6th 1849 at Madison Ind is the daughter of William McKee Dunn a lawyer of Madison afterwards of Washington and Elizabeth Frances Lanier of Madison William McKee Dunn was an honorary graduate of Yale 35 BA Indiana University 32 Prof Math and LL D Hanover College 77 and served as congressman 1859 63
McKee prepared at Exeter He played on the Second Banjo Club in Freshman year and afterwards on the University Glee and Banjo Club for three years A High Oration at the Junior Exhibition and at Commencement He was a member of the Renaissance Club and a Cup Man Phi Beta Kappa Eta Phi DKE Bones
He was married Dec 27th 1902 at Washington D C to Miss Henrietta Bates daughter of Paymaster General Alfred Elliott Bates USA of Washington and has one child a son Elliott Bates McKee b Nov 26th 1904 at Washington
To Dunn McKee belongs the credit of starting the annual winter dinners of 96 at the old Yale Club in Madison Square He spent the first year out of college in Washington came to New York in 1897 and remained there off and on until 1902 at first with the Wall Street firm of Bertron & Storrs and until 1900 with the Compressed Gas Capsule Company In 1900 he visited Alaska with his brother and upon his return in the fall of that year he became interested with Neale and Thome in a coal mining deal in Pottstown Pa During part of the year 1901 02 he lived in the Adirondacks The Sexennial Record contains a full account of his service in the war with Spain as a private in Troop A NY Volunteer Cavalry and later down in Cuba as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Volunteer Signal Corps and aide de camp to General Randolph
McKee is now President of the Two Kings Mining Company of Chihuahua Mexico he gives the following account of his life since 1902
Spent a couple of months at Saranac Lake and then went out to Silver City New Mexico where we visited ranches went camping did some hunting and fishing and were out doors all the time Acquired a few interests in valuable mining properties Spent two months of the spring of 1904 in California with classmate Loomis and bride Came East in June stopping en route at Denver and the Fair at St Louis No classmates visible though I saw a lot at New Haven the end of the month Spent a couple of months in the Berkshires and then became a student oldest living undergraduate at the School of Mines at Golden Colo Returned to Washington to meet my week old son and then gave up books and took my family to Denver for the winter Came East in June 1905 and after depositing family at seashore went up to the Buck Run Colliery near Minersville Pa where classmates Neale and Thorne are digging coal Remained there as purchasing agent until Christmas when I came South to Asheville and in April took a house on the Vanderbilt estate near Biltmore I am at present engaged in raising vegetables and flowers and incidentally gathering bunches of health See Appendix

Hence this is where i think came the desire to merge the McKeesport, Pa & Virginia as being the same "branch" back when they immigrated to america.