Sketch of Patrick McKay, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Patrick McKay came to St. Charles from Florisssant, St. Louis County, about the year 1825, and died in 1834, his wife having died two years previously. Their children were: Susanna, Margaret and Gregory. Miss Susanna became a member of the order of the Sacred Heart, and remained such for thirty seven years. She died in 1861. Margaret married Sir Walter Rice, who held the various official positions of County Survey- or, Recorder, Justice of the Peace and Postmaster. He was also a trustee of the Church of St. Charles up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1859. Gregory died at the age of twenty one. His widow is still living, in her 70th year; is healthy and active, and bids fair to live to see many more years. She is well educated, and retains her memory in a remarkable degree. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================