BIOGRAPHY: J. Strode McKEE, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, pages 483-484.

  J. STRODE McKEE, Strodes Mills, Mifflin county, Pa., was born on the McKee 
homestead in Ferguson valley, December 21, 1822.  He is a son of Robert and 
Orpah (Strode) McKee, who had also these children:  Andrew, married Maria 
Applebaugh;  Catherine (Mrs. Robert Rothrock);  Robert A., married Annie 
Comfort;  Mary (Mrs. Ashley Pierce);  Hannah (Mrs. Johnson Sigler);  Hervey, 
married Mary McKee.  The father died at the age of sixty-nine years;  the mother 
lived to the advanced age of eighty-nine years.
     In his earlier years, J. Strode McKee attended the subscription schools, 
and later became a scholar in the public schools of his district.  He was reared 
to manhood on his father's farm in Fergusons valley, and on the death of his 
father in 1845, assumed the management of the homestead.  In 1866, having bought 
out the other heirs, he became the owner of the place, and under his able 
direction it has been greatly improved.  Mr. McKee resided on the homestead 
until 1884.  He has always taken an interest in local affairs, and any salutary 
enterprise has ever met with his earnest and hearty approval and co-operation.  
Although he has never sought political preferment, he has served in the various 
township offices.  He is a member of the Democratic party.
  Mr. McKee was married August 14, 1861, to Lucy A., daughter of Samuel and Jane 
(McKinney) McKee.  Though their surnames were the same, they were not relatives.  
They had three children;  Samuel Bruce, born July 3, 1863, died in December, 
1865;  Strode McKinney, married Ella May Davis, of Juniata county, has two 
children, Robert Lee and Charles Davis;  and Hattie Blanche, at home.  The 
parents and their children are members of the Presbyterian church at Lewistown.