John McKee
John McKee was born in Perry County, Pa., in the year 1802, where he lived until 1827, at which time he married Elizabeth Adams, and the same year emigrated to Shelby County and located in Washington Township, on land that had been entered by John McClintock. His first purchase was sixty acres; a year or two afterward he added to this twenty acres more; then a few years later he purchased sixty acres more of Z. Hurley. Shortly afterward he bought a half section in Mercer County; then in about 1842 he purchased one hundred acres more of the McClintock farm, on which he made his home the remainder of his days. When Mr. McKee first came to the county he had only $300; the balance of his property he made by hard work and economy. Mr. M. raised a family of three children, viz., James, Martha, and Elizabeth. His wife died in 1835. In 1837 he again married, this time to Catharine Eaton. By his second marriage he had five children. only one now living, viz., June, the wife of Robert Thompson. Mrs. M. died in 1847. Mr. McKee died in 1848, esteemed and respected by all.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883