Robert Mckee

THE EARLY HISTORY of McKEESPORT by Walter L. Riggs

Pg. 9 MARGARET McKEE married a man named ROBERT McKEE; whether or not he was a distant relative is not known.The only definite record of the two is found in the deed from the brothers and sisters of THOMAS McKEE to JAMES PEEBLES, already referred to.Among the grantors in that deed is mentioned one, “ROBERT McKEE, husband of MARGARET McKEE.”

As has been before stated, MARY McKEE, sister of MARGARET McKEE, married JAMES PEEBLES and settled on the THOMAS McKEE tract of land.MR. PEEBLES, like his father-in-law, was a farmer, and

(pg. 11) with aid of the McKEE boys he built a modest cabin in the neighborhood of Walnut and Eleventh Streets, wherein his wife, MARY McKEE PEEBLES, raised a brood of six little PEEBLES with loving care, seasoned with a dash of frugality, thrift and discipline.MR. PEEPLES had a 253 acre farm.He made a path through the fields of his father-in-law to Market St., which came to an abrupt end at Ninth Avenue.As time passed, this path widened into a lane, and was used not only by the PEEPLES family, but also by their neighbors in McKeesport.After MR. PEEPLES’ death in 1794, when the McKEES were selling their outlots, being those parts of the farm not included in the plan of McKeesport, they were careful to preserve intact the little lane, then called “Widow PEEPLES’ Lane,” and it is so mentioned in all the deeds for outlots adjoining that lane.(pg. 11) Later on it became Berlin St., and after that it changed to French St.