Ellen Mckee

ELLEN McKEE (626) (born • , '36) died October 6, '66), married April — , '62, HUGH M. GAMBLE (born August. 14, '29).

Ella came to the United States in '54 ; was graduated at Westminster College in '60, in the same class with her brother Joseph G. and her cousin Isaac Wright (622). Previous to marriage, she taught for a time in the Jamestown Seminary. After her death there was found among her papers the following entry, made on the day of her graduation : " Be it mine to raise the lowly, to befriend the friendless, to remember those forgotten, to restore the erring and to dry the tears of the mourners or to mingle my tears with theirs." This thought is said to give the key to her everyday life. Mr. Gamble, of Irish parentage, was educated at the Franklin (Penn'a) Academy, of which his father. Rev. John Gamble, was principal. After the death of (626), he married Ellen Dickey, sister of (623'), by whom he has four children. He is a farmer and an elder in the " U. P."" church.

Child:—

• Wilson Parr (6261).

History of the Descendants of David McKee of Anahilt With a General Sketch of the Early McKee’s Prof. JAMES Y. McKee. PHILADELPHIA: JOSEPH D. McKee. 1892