MAHONING COUNTY OHIO - BIO: MCKEE, Charles I. (1889)  
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Vol. ll of  " The History of Allegheny Coungy Pennsylvania" 1889

pg. 523

Charles I. McKee, commission-merchant, Allegheny, was born Sept. 7, 1857, in 
Birmingham, Ohio, son of Daniel and Amelia (Evans) McKee, later of whom was 
born at New Castle, Pa.  Daniel McKee, who was a native of Salem, Ohio, and a 
blacksmith by trade, moved, when Charles L. was  quite young, to New Castle, 
where the latter was educated untill thirteen years of age. He (Charles I.) 
then came to Pittsburgh, where he worked for a grocer for a time; then 
entered the office of
Brace Bros. laundry, as office boy, where he rose step by step until he was 
placed in charge of their office on Sixth street. At the end of nine years 
Mr. McKee resigned to accept a position as collector for William Moyle, 
Allegheny.  Here he served three years, and then, in 1888, opened a 
commission-store at 33 East Diamond street, that city. Mr. McKee was married 
May 26, 1884 to Mattie E. Lloyd , sister of Mrs. Thomas Armstrong (see sketch 
of Thomas H. S. Armstrong), and they have one child, Margaret M.  Mr. McKee 
is a member of the R.A. , A.O.U.W. , and Select Knights. Mrs McKee is a 
member of the M. E. Church. Their home is in Emsworth.

 


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