Cassandra Frakes McKee died 146 years ago – March 17, 1867 – in Schuyler County, Illinois. Cassandra was born in Pennsylvania May 30, 1784, the daughter of Henry Frakes and Hannah Dougherty. She married William McKee September 27, 1804, in Hardin County, Kentucky. William and Cassandra had 12 […]
Amanda McKee and Charles Ritchey were married 170 years ago – March 9, 1843 – in Schuyler County, Illinois. Amanda was the daughter of William McKee and Cassandra Frakes. Charles was the son of James Ritchey and Susannah Sawyer. Amanda and Charles had 4 children before her early […]
Family Group Sheet for William McKee Husband: William McKee Birth: 11 Jan 1782 in Hardin Co., KY Death: 11 Jun 1851 in Schuyler County, IL Marriage: 27 Sep 1804 in Hardin County, KY Mother: Agnes Dickson Father: James McKee Wife: Cassandra Frakes Birth: 30 May 1784 in Pennsylvania […]
James Sylvester Ritchey was born 165 years ago – September 10, 1847 – in Schuyler County, Illinois. James was the son of Charles Ritchey and Amanda McKee. James died at the age of twenty-nine. His siblings were William McKee, Charles Henry and Jacob Ritchey.
Joel McKee was born 189 years ago – August 18, 1823 – in Crawford County, Indiana. Joel was the son of William McKee and Cassandra Frakes; and the grandson of James McKee and Agnes Dickson, and Henry Frakes and Hannah Dougherty. The family moved to Schuyler County, Illinois. […]
Twins, Clara Ann and Amanda McKee, were born 187 years ago – August 9, 1825 – in Crawford County, Indiana. They were the youngest of twelve children of William McKee and Cassandra Frakes. The family moved to Schuyler County, Illinois, where Clara and Amanda married brothers, Jacob and […]
My husband, Ritchey, in the photo above, taken in Schuyler County, Illinois, at Sugar Grove North Cemetery. He is standing between the gravestones for William McKee and Cassandra Frakes and Charles Ritchey and Amanda McKee, his 3 gr and 2 gr grandparents. My Husband’s Family After spending 25 […]
Cassandra Frakes was born 228 years ago – May 30, 1784 – in Pennsylvania. Cassandra was the daughter of Henry Frakes and Hannah Dougherty. The family moved to Hardin County, Kentucky, where Cassandra married William McKee in 1804. They moved to Indiana, and eventually settled in Schuyler County, […]
Charles Henry Ritchey was born 164 years ago – April 14, 1848 – in Rushville, Illinois. Charles was the son of Charles Ritchey and Amanda McKee. Charles Henry married Lucinda Amanda Jewell. They had 8 children: Charles Thomas, Mary Emma, James Eben, Elmer Cross, Edith Helen, Zillah Maude, […]
Amanda McKee and Charles Ritchey were married 169 years ago – March 9, 1843 – in Schuyler County, Illinois. Amanda was the daughter of William McKee and Cassandra Frakes. Charles was the son of James Ritchey and Susanna Sawyer. Amanda and Charles had 4 sons: William McKee, James […]
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