W. T. MCKEE
W. T. McKee came to Cass county, Iowa in 1873, settlig on section 28, where he purchased eighty acres of prairie land. He sold his farm in Massena township in 1881, and came to Victoria township, where he has since resided. He was born on the 21st of February, 1847, in Blair county, Pennsylvania, and when six years of age he went to Maryland, and lived with his grandparents in Alleghany county, until fifteen years of age, when his parents moved to Maryland, he then made his home with them until seventeen years of age, when he enlisted in company K, Third Maryland Infantry, serving fifteen months, when he was discharged with his regiment. he then returned home and remained a short time, when he went to Davenport, Iowa, and was there engaged in farming until 1873, when he came to Cass county. He was married in February, 1867, to Mary Ruch. They have been blessed with seven children...Nora M., Anna T., Henry F., Katie, William A., James G. and Clara E.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 584.