Caldwell County MO Archives History .....McAFEE FAMILY IN KINGSTON TOWNSHIP 1865 
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THE McAFEE FAMILY IN KINGSTON TOWNSHIP 1865
	Narrator:  Mrs. Mariam McAfee, 77

     Mrs. McAfee is the widow of William McAfee, the second of that name in 
Caldwell county, apparently no relation to the older pioneer, Wallace McAfee 
or McFee in 1835.
     Hamilton McAfee, the first of this line of McAfee families in the county, 
was born in Indiana 1820, was a cooper by trade and came into Kingston 
township, Caldwell county 1865 as a farmer.  Having some education, he began 
teaching also as a farmer-teacher and was the first county school commissioner 
of whom people seem to know, serving in 1866, at least, and for some years 
after.  Readers are referred to the history of that office in this county as 
found in this series of interviews for his work.  He died 1890 and is buried 
in the Kingston cemetery.  His wife was Hannah Hosea of Indiana who died 
1876.  He was a Civil War soldier.  
     William McAfee son of the above was also a vital part of Caldwell county 
as an early teacher and a lawyer.  He was born in Blue Lick, Clark Co. Ind. 
1850, and started to teach while not yet 20.  He was one of the first teachers 
in the "new" brick school at Kingston being the first assistant 1874, when 
Steve Rogers was the principal.  He held that place three years, in the 
meantime studying law in the law office of Dunn and Johnson at Kingston (the 
common way to get a law education then).  Dunn was Lemuel Dunn and Johnson was 
Crosby Johnson later of Hamilton.  He was admitted to the bar by court 
examination June 1876.  He married Miriam Johnson, daughter of Capt. E.D. 
Johnson 1875.  In his late years, he moved to Hamilton and was law partner to 
Crosby Johnson son of the Crosby Johnson with whom he had studied law.
     Mr. and Mrs. McAfee had five children.  By a sad accident, two of these 
died within a few hours of each other in the early 60s.  Mrs. McAfee had 
prepared a mess of greens, and had by mistake included one plant which was 
poison.  The two children died from the poison.  A third child Mrs. Agnes 
Keeny died after reaching womanhood.  A son, Floyd McAfee is a resident of 
this city.
     Interview  1934.


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