McKEAN BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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McKEAN, Lewis B. - b: 1866 Seville, Medina Co, OH
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 766
residence: Bogard Twp

Lewis B. McKean, proprietor of the "Fairview Stock Farm" in Bogard township, is a 
native of Ohio. He was born in Seville, Medina County, August 12, 1866, a son of 
William James and Fedora (Hay) McKean. the former a native of Center County, 
Pennsylvania, and the latter of Seville, Ohio. The McKeans are descendants of 
prominent colonial ancestors, Thomas McKean, one of the signers of the 
Declaration of Independence, being a direct ancestor of the subject of this 
sketch. William James McKean was a Union veteran in the Civil War, having 
served for two years in Company K, 88th Regiment Ohio Infantry. In 1868 he came 
to Missouri and settled in Bogard township, Henry County, on the farm owned by L. 
B. McKean, the subject of this sketch. Here he was engaged in farming and stock 
raising practically up to the time of his death, December 11, 1902. To William 
James and Fedora (Hay) McKean were born the following children: Lewis B., the 
subject of this sketch; George H., died July 20, 1908, in Covington, Oklahoma; W. 
E., a prominent real estate and oil man of Guthrie, Oklahoma, who is prominent in 
politics of that State, having served as register of deeds of his county for seven 
years and was a delegate at large to the National Republican Convention in 
Chicago in 1912; Myrtle F., married A. D. Davis, Wheatland, Oklahoma. The mother 
of these children died September 16, 1877, and on February 15, 1880, William 
James McKean was married to Kate W. Crissman, a daughter of Oliver and 
Caroline (Sisler) Crissman. The Crissman family were Pennsylvanians and came 
from Blair County, that State, to Henry County. Missouri, in 1869. The father died 
October 1, 1916, the mother having departed this life May 21, 1912. They were 
the parents of the following children: F. M., Clinton, Missouri; Mrs. Kate W. 
McKean; T. J., lives in Bogard township; Frank P., Colony, Oklahoma; Mrs. Mary 
McVay, Hutchinson, Kansas; Mrs. Maggie Shoemaker, La Due, Missouri; Mrs. Ida 
Cowden, Fields Creek township, and Mrs. Gertrude Ogan, Stevensville, Texas. To 
William James and Kate W. (Crissman) McKean were born two children: Ida, who 
resides at home in Bogard township, and Norval, who is engaged in farming in 
Bogard township. L. B. McKean is one of the progressive farmers and stockmen of 
Bogard township, and his farm, which is known as "Fairview Stock Farm," is 
located four and one-half miles southwest of Blairstown, and is one of Henry 
County's valuable farms. Here Mr. McKean is engaged in general farming and stock 
raising. Mr. McKean is one of the high class farmers and stockmen of the county. 
He is a graduate of the University of Missouri, having been a member of the class 
of 1892, where he ranked high in scholarship. Politically he is a Republican and 
has served four years as township collector and is now serving his second term. 
He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Modern Woodmen of America of 
Blairstown. 

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