McKemey, Joseph Alison 1815-1912

MCKEMEY, ALISON, SLAGLE

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Date: 12/14/2003 at 16:30:31

Joseph Alison McKemey, born March 27, 1815, Washington county PA, son of James W. and Martha (Alison) McKemey, both natives of Franklin county PA, the former born 1785, the latter March 19, 1793. James McKemey died in 1816, age 29 years and a few years later his widow became the wife of Jacob Slagle, who proved a kind and devoted father to Joseph A. McKemey, who was the only child of his mother's first marriage. Mrs. Slagle died in St. Louis MO May 15, 1858, while on her way to visit her children in IA.