CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: B. W. McKEE, M. D. (1881)

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.871 [M surnames]
CHICAGO
BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS
186 DEARBORN STREET
1881

AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO

B. W. McKEE, M. D.. physician and surgeon. Tiro; was born in Wayne Co., Ohio. in 1840.. He is a son of John
and Margaret (Wallace) McKee, who were the parents of eleven children-James. Margaret, Robert, B. W.,
Thomas B., William A., Mary, John, and three others that died in infancy without names. James is practicing
medicine at Des Moines, Iowa: Margaret married a Mr. Neeley and lives in Adair Co., Iowa: Robert died frown
disease contracted while in his country's service: Thomas is the present minister of the United Presbyterian
Church at De Kalb; William is in Wooster; Mary is in Richland Co., Ohio. the wife of J. W. Dougal, and John is in
Wayne Co. Our subject passed his youth on the farm and going to school. He commenced the study of medicine
April 1865, under the instructions of his brother James, and afterward under Prof. Firestone, who has now charge
of the Insane Asylum at Columbus. He commenced attending medical lectures at Cleveland, in 1869, where he
continued steadily until his graduation, which was in 1870. On the 16th of June 1870, he was united in marriage
with Ruvilla Weirich, daughter of Christian and Adaline (Miller) Weirich, and by her had two children. the first of
whom died in infancy without a name and the one living is Cruveilhier W., born April 15, 1875. Dr. McKee first
located in Northfield, and after one year moved to DeKalb, where he remained eight years, and at the expiration
of that time removed to Tiro, where he has ever since resided. His grandfather, Robert and brother, Logan
McKee, came from Ireland to America the year before the war of Independence began. Logan was among those
who gave his life in defense of his adopted country. Dr. McKee and his brothers, James, Robert and Thomas,
served faithfully in the war of the rebellion. Mrs. McKee was born Oct. 9, 1848. The Doctor is an excellent
physician, and he has a large and lucrative practice. which keeps him busily engaged.