The Topeka Daily Capital Thursday November 10, 1927 Abraham McKee Dead. Civil War Veteran, 89, Long a Resident of Kansas. Abraham McKEE, 80, veteran of the Civil war and pioneer resident of Kansas, died in his home, 938 Winfield avenue, yesterday afternoon after a long illness. Mr. McKEE was born in Delaware county, Indiana, in 1838. he came to Kansas in July 1858, and settled on a homestead in Pottawatomie county near American City. He afterward moved to Havenville, where he resided 28 years. he was active in muncipal politics there, being a member of the Havensville city council eight years and mayor four years. He had been a resident of Topeka 18 years. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the First Kansas battery. He served in that unit three years and 10 months. He leaves his wife, three daughters, who are Mrs. Nancy DENNIS, Onaga; Mrs. A.M. TUCKER and Mrs. James CAVERT, Topeka; five step-daughters, Mrs. May WILSON, Mrs. Laura RENBERGER, Mrs. Nettie HARDING, Mrs. Clara FLORENCE, and Mrs. Margaret CONWAY, all of Topeka; a stepson, Jack WILSON, Flagstaff, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Massie WHITE, Manhattan, and Mrs. Sarah WHITE, Havensville, and a brother, Barton McKEE, Havensville. Funeral services will be in Penwell's chapel at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Burial will be in Havensville.