McKEE ANNEX
John Harlen
McKee Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
Special thanks to Sandra Alice (Degnan) Seaman (Para. 4.C.1.k.(2.(a.(1)(a) of the Alexander
Patterson Biles page) for her extensive research and documentation,
which was used in compiling the information in this annex:
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 7 December 2025
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Origin of
the surname “McKee:”
Generation
5
4 Leonard McKee
1. Biographical notes:
Born in New York State. One of the first settlers of Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
2. Wife: Sarah Sally
Wilkerson
Born 23 July 1804 (doesn’t seem likely, given the birth date of her son, John) at Montgomery County, Kentucky. Died 21 July 1883. Married 18 October 1822
3. Children:
a. Leonard McKee, Jr.
b. John McKee: See generation 3, below.
3 John McKee
1. Biographical notes:
Born 24 March 1806 in Yates County, New York
State. Died 11 April 1896 at
Ulster/Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1850 US Census: John, age 44, was heading a farming
household in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife, Martha (age 41); son, Bradford
(age 21), a farmer; son, Sterne (age 19), a farmer; son, George (age 16), a
farmer; daughter, Mary (age 13); daughter, Emma A. (age 10); son, Read (age 7);
son, Ward (age 5); son, Jay (age 4 ˝); and brother, Leonard McKee (age 36), a
farmer.
2. Wife: Martha
Holcombe/Holcomb
Born 11 January 1809, daughter of Alpheus Holcombe. Died 26
November 1877 at Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married John on 23 August 1827.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Bradford McKee: Born 17 June 1829. Died 8 December 1914. Married Cynthia Stone.
b. Sterne McKee: See generation 2, below.
c. George W. McKee: Born 7/17 August 1834 at LeRoy,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 25
June 1903/2; interred Beech Flats Cemetery, Canton Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Was employed as a farmer
and assessor. Married Lydia A. Kendall
(b. 5/2 Feb 1842 at Canton, Bradford Co., PA, d. about 1920), daughter ot
Seneca (b. 8 Jul 1806 at Rutland, VT, d. 24 Jul 1875) and Sally (Andrus)
Kendall (b. 29 Apr 1806 at Cornwall Twp, Addison Co., VT), and had the
following daughter:
(1. Jessie B. McKee: Born 1862 in Pennsylvania. Died 1912; interred Beach Flats Cemetery,
Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Will H. Ward (b. 1856 in Bradford Co., PA, m. after 1880, d.
1930; interred Beach Flats Cemetery).
d. Mary Ann McKee: Born about 1837 in
Pennsylvania. Married J. W. Bonney and
had the following children:
(1. Floyd B. Bonney: Born about 1860. Interred Bradford County Memorial Park. Married Anna Montgomery and had the following
son:
(a. Raymond Bonney: Born 15 June 1899. Died 7 October 1977. Married Bertha (?) and had the following son:
(1) Leo G. Bonney: Born 17 October 1914 at Towanda,
New York.
(2. Vernon O. Bonney: Born about 1865.
(3. Emma May Bonney: Born about 1878.
(4. Merton M. Bonney: Married Rosetta (?) and had
the following daughter:
(a. Hilda Bonney: Born 7 December 1896 in Franklin
Township, Pennsylania.
e. Emma A. McKee:
Born about 1840 in Pennsylvania and raised at
Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Orrin/Orin M. Bonney
(more info) (b. 22 Apr 1838 at Eaton, Madison Co., N.Y., d. 20
Jan 1934), son of Orrin (b. Eaton, N.Y.) and Irene (Warren) Bonney (b. Eaton,
N.Y.), on 24 December 1859 at Franklin Township, Pennsylvania. Of interest, Orrin Bonney, Sr., who always
lived on the Bonney homestead at Eaton, New York, was the son of Levi Bonney, who
was raised in New England and was one of the 1st settlers of
Eaton. Levi Bonney, one of the 1st
abolitionists at Eaton, had 7 sons and 5 daughters. His son, Orrin, Sr., had 5 sons and 1
daughter, the 4th being Orrin, Jr.
Orrin Bonney, Jr. was raised and educated at Eaton,
New York and started his farming career there.
He and Emma resided at Eaton for about 4 years (until 1863), when they
moved to Emma’s homeland in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania where they worked 2
farms. The family moved briefly to
Barclay, Pennsylvania, where Orrin left his family in 1864 to serve in the
Union Army during the Civil War (Company B, 207th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry Regiment). After
Orrin’s discharge from the Army in 1865 they moved again – to Beach Flats,
Canton Township, Pennsylvania, where he was a farmer. In 1877 Orrin and his family moved back to
Franklin Township, Pennsylvania where he operated a 100-acre dairy farm and
also raised live stock and grain.
Orrin and Emma (McKee) Bonney raised the following
children:
(1. Carl Galusha Bonney: Born 23 November 1863. Married Mercy Gamble (b. 23 Sep 186_) on 23
October 1886 and had the following children:
(a. Emma Bonney: (more info) Born 13 June 1888 at Franklin Township,
Pennsylvania. Died Monday, 2 November
1992, age 104, at the Bradford County Manor, Bradford County, Pennsylvania;
interred Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Pennsylvania. Married (1st) Elmer Morley. Married (2nd) Edson Scott.
(b. Irene Bonney: Born 1890. Married Stoddard Louis Driggs (b. 30 Mar
1886).
(2. Nellie Bonney. (Adopted) Married Charles Fairbanks.
f. Reed McKee: Born about 1843 in Pennsylvania. Employed as a carpenter and builder. Married Mary E. Bowman and had the following
children:
(1. Jennie McKee: (photos) Was crippled with a
degenerative muscle disease – perhaps muscular dystrophy.
(2. Adeshia McKee: (photos) Married (?) Bastian.
(3. Frank Paul McKee: Born 19 June 1892 in Canton
Township, Pennsylvania.
g. Ward McKee: Born about 1845 in Pennsylvania. Died 1916; interred Frieden’s Cemetery,
Liberty Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Married Elizabeth, C. (?) (b. 1847) and had the following daughter:
(1. Hannah E. McKee: Married G. H. Brant and had the
following son:
(a. Charles H. Brant: Resided in Pennsylvania. Employed as a blacksmith.
h. Jay McKee: Born about 1846/9 in
Pennsylvania. Employed as a
carpenter/builder. Died 1900 at Canton,
Pennsylvania.
2 Sterne McKee (photos)
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1. Biographical notes:
Born 18 December 1831. Died 24 December 1887 in Pennsylvania;
interred Franklin Center Cemetery, Franklin Township, Pennsylvania. Was employed as a grocer. At the time of the 1860 US Census Sterne was
living in his parents’ household at Franklin, Pennsylvania. Was a Sergeant in Company B of the 207th
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and lost an arm
to wounds. Joined the First Christian
Church of Franklin on 26 November 1859, and on 31 December 1859 was elected
Trustee. However, on 19 February 1881
the Church resolved: “That the name of Sterne McKee be dropped from the records
of this church by his request he having made ship wreck of the faith and is now
an avowed infidel.”
1870 US Census: Sterne Mckee, age 38 (b. PA) and employed
as a grocer, was heading a household in Franklin Township (Franklindale PO),
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. His real
estate was valued at $3,000 and his personal property was valued at $2,500. The household also included his wife,
Wiliminia, Mckee, age 36 (b. PA); daughter, Ella Mckee, age 14 (b. PA) and in
school; son, Merton Mckee, age 8 (b. PA); daughter, Bessie McKee, age 2 months
(b. PA); and brother, Reed Mckee, age 27 (b. PA) and employed as a grocer.
1880 US Census: Sterne McKee, age 48 (b. PA; father
b. NY; mother b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household at
LeRoy, Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife, Wilmina
McKee, age 46 (b. PA; parents b. PA); daughter, Mattie McKee, age 8 (b. PA);
son, Mertin McKee, age 19 (b. PA) and employed working on the farm;
daughter-in-law, Rosa McKee, age 20 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed doing
house work; son, John M. McKee, age 5 (b. PA) and Niece, Dell Morse, age 17 (b.
PA), and employed doing house work.
2. Wife: Wilamenia/Wilmina/Wilminia/Wilhamenia Allen (photos)
Born 1 December 1831 at West Franklin, Pennsylvania,
daughter of David and Elizabeth
“Betsy” (Smiley) Allen. Died 15 February 1897 in Pennsylvania. Joined the First Christian Church of Franklin
on 6 October 1860. Like her husband,
Sterne McKee, Wilmena’s membership was subsequently dropped by the church.
3. Children:
a. Ella McKee: (photos) Born 1856.
Died 1930. Married
Joseph L. Roof
(b. 11 Feb 1847 in Franklin Twp, Bradford Co., PA), son of James and Emeline (Lantz) Roof, on 24 March 1874 at
Franklindale, Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Joseph attended the State Normal School at
Mansfield, Pennsylvania for one term as well as the Susquehanna Collegiate
Institute at Towanda for one term. He was
employed as a farmer in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania.
Ella and Joseph Roof had the following children:
(1. James Raymond Roof: Born 3 October 1875 at Franklindale, Franklin Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died 27 September
1958 at Monroeton, Bradford County, Pennsylvania;
interred Christian Church Cemetery in Franklindale. Was employed in the lumber
business. Married Emma Jane Brown
(b. 11 Jan 1877), daughter of William and Euphemia
(Hatch) Brown, on 5 June 1900 and had the following children:
(a. Thelma Irene Roof: Born
16 May 1901 at Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Died 27 November 1991 at East Lansing, Ingham
County, Michigan; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Ingham County,
Michigan. Married William Ira Bull (b. 24
Nov 1900 in Kennett Square Borough, Chester Co., PA, d.
18 Dec 1993 in Washington Co., OR; interred with Thelma), son of Ira Webster
and Ella T. (Miles) Bull, and had the following daughter:
(1) Marita
Irene Bull: Born 19 August 1929 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Died 1 March 2000 at
Kentwood, Kent County, Michigan.
Married George Ellis Coulton (b. 1928, d.
1997), son of Abel George Uglow and Muriel Uella (Ellis) Coulton, on 18 June
1954 at East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan and had at least the following
children: (order uncertain)
(a) Marla Coulton:
Born 1959. Married Richard John Cron and had children.
(b) Audra Elaine Coulton: Born 30 October 1965 at Buffalo, Erie County, New
York. Died 25 April 1971 at Aurora,
Cayuga County, New York; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Ingham County,
Michigan.
(2) Bergen Ira Bull: Born about
1940 in Michigan.
(b. Ninita Roof: Born 30
November 1902. Died 12 June 1994 at
Lisle, Illinois. Married Richard Stilwell
(b. Chicago, IL).
(c. Bergen Roof: Born 1 January 1904. Died 15 May 1995. Resided at Teaneck, New Jersey and, later,
Meadville, Pennsylvania. Married Mary Hoy
of State College, Pennsylvania and had the following children:
(1) Bergen James Roof.
(2) Mary Jo Roof.
(2. Mina Emaline Roof:
Born 23 December 1878/79 at Franklindale, Franklin
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 1965 in Pennsylvania. Married Ulysses Grant Crofut (photos) (b. 27 Jun 1870 in Leroy Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d.
4 Oct 1949 in Monroe Twp, Bradford Co., PA), son of William Harrison and Anna
(Cole) Crofut, on 1 March 1899 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania
and had the following children:
(a. Edna May Crofut: Born
1899. Died 1986.
(b. Ethel Crofut: Born 1902. Died 1997. Married Ralph D. Williams (b. 1899) on 5 March 1920 in New York.
(3. Annie Roof: Born August 1880 in Pennsylvania.
b. Merton Malvern McKee: (photos) Born 1861.
Died 1929. Married Rosetta
"Rose/Rosa" Gilbert, daughter of Nelson and Catherine (?) Gilbert of
Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Of interest, Nelson Gilbert's ancestor,
Daniel Gilbert was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.
1860 US Census: Nelson Gilbert, age 48, was heading
a household in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household included, among others, Rosetta
Gilbert, age 9 months.
1870 US Census: Nelson Gilbert, age 58, was heading
a household in Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included at least his
wife, Catharine Gilbert, age 41, and daughter, Rosetta Gilbert, age 11.
Merton and Rosetta (Gilbert) McKee had at least the
following children: (order uncertain)
(1. Genevieve McKee: Born 2 November 1888. Died 27 August 1893.
(2. Hilda McKee: Married (?) Lantz.
(3. Nina McKee: Member of the DAR (Daughters of the
American Revolution). Died about
1975. Married (?) Edsall.
c. Bessie McKee: (photos) Born 18 March 1870 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died there 24 March 1872;
interred Franklin Center Christian Cemetery, Franklindale, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
d. Martha F. McKee "Mattie" (photos)
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Born 6 December 1871 in
Pennsylvania. Died 1952 in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
1900 US Census: Fred Williams, age 31 (b. Apr 1869
in PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a grocery clerk, was heading a household on
Wilbur Avenue in Sayre Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife of 2
years, Mattie Williams, age 29 (b. Dec 1870 PA; parents b. PA), who had had 1
child, still alive; son, Harold S. Williams, age 3 months (b. Feb 1900 in PA);
and servant, Ida Gilbert, age 36 (b. Mar 1864 PA; parents b. PA) and single.
1910 US Census: Fred Williams, age 41 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Franklin
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife of 12 years, Mattie Williams, age
38 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who had had 1 child, still alive; and son, Harold S.
Williams, age 10 (b. PA). His next door
neighbor was the household headed by Samuel Williams, age 76 (b. PA; father b.
PA; mother b. NY), which also included his wife of 51 years, Julia Williams,
age 73 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who had had 3 children, 1 of whom was still
alive, and his sister-in-law, Susan Gerould, age 81 (b. PA, parents b. PA) and
widowed, who had had no children.
1920 US Census: Fred Williams, age 51 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and not employed, was heading a household in Franklin Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included his wife, Mattie Williams, age 48 (b. PA; parents b.
PA) and not employed; and son, Harold Williams, age 19 (b. PA; parents b. PA),
single, and employed as a farmer.
1930 US Census: Mattie F. Williams, age 58 (b. PA;
parents b. PA), widowed, and not employed, was heading a household in Monroe
Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Her residence was valued at $3,000.
The household also included her son, Harold S. Williams, age 30 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a retail dealer in the auto muffler industry,
who married 1st at age 29; and daughter-in-law, Hetamena
Williams, age 27 (b. OH; parents b. PA) and employed as a stenographer for a
retail store, who married 1st at age 26.
1940 US Census: Martha Williams, age 69 (b. PA) and
widowed, resided in the household headed by her son, Harold Williams, age 40
(b. PA), who had completed 4 years of high school, in Monroe Borough, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Martha had
completed 8th grade. The household also
included Harold's wife, Hettamena Williams, age 37
(b. PA), who had completed 4 years of high
school; and Harold's daughter, Shirley Williams, age 8 (b. PA). On 1 April 1935 they resided in the same
house.
1950 US Census: Mattie F. Williams, age 79 (b. PA)
and widowed, resided in the household headed by her son, Harold S. Williams,
age 50 (b. PA) and employed as the supervisor of accounting for the Fluorscent Powder Office in Monroe Borough, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
Martha McKee married Frederick "Fred" W.
Williams (photos) (b. Apr 1868/69, d. 1924 in Bradford Co., PA), son
of Samuel Fairbanks and Julia (Kirkendall) Williams
of Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and had the following son:
(1. Harold Sterne Williams: (photos) (more info)
Born 20 February 1900 at Franklindale, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died Sunday, 7
March 1993, age 93, at Memorial Hospital, Towanda; interred Franklin Center
Cemetery, Franklin Township. Attended
school in Powell and completed courses in electrical engineering, business
management, and accounting. On 7 August
1940 started work for the Sylvania Electric Company in Towanda. Prior to death resided at Monroeton, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Employed as
manager and partner of Jennings Auto Parts Company and, later, the Meredith
Motor Sales, Towanda. Was also a member
of numerous social and civic organizations.
Married Hettamena “Hettie” Wattles (photos) (d. 19 May 1989) of Towanda on 21 December 1929
and had the following daughter:
(a. Shirley E. Williams: (photos) Married Philip Giardina
(photos) and resided at Corning, New York.
e. John Harlen “Harley” McKee: See
generation 1, below.
1 John Harlen "Harley" McKee:
Born 1874/5. Died 20 September 1920, age 45 at Union,
Broome County, New York. Married Minnie
Biles, paragraph
4.C.1.k.(2. of
the Alexander Patterson
Biles page.
See Alexander
Patterson Biles Page for More Info
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Other, still unidentified,
McKee names:
1.
Harley J. McKee: (more
info)
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