Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....McKenzie, John 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 5, 2006, 3:38 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) JOHN McKENZIE owns and farms the northwest quarter of section 10, Dewald township, which has been his home for a quarter of a century. Mr. McKenzie was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, June 16, 1861, the son of Ivan and Douglas (Graham) McKenzie, both deceased. Our subject was raised on a farm, and lived in his native land twenty-two years. He then came to America and first located at Livingston, Mont., where for a short time he worked in a stone quarry. It was in 1883 that he came to Nobles county and located on the place where he has ever since lived, buying the farm some time after his arrival. Mr. McKenzie was married in Nobles county Jan. 24, 1888, to Mary E. Daugherty, daughter of the late Robert Daugherty. To them have been born the following children: Ivie, Stewart and Lizzie. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/mckenzie293gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb