Samuel Mckee Married Sarah Katherine? They had 10 children Sanmuel Ira Mckee b. Springfield ILL. 1867/76 John b. Cass co , MO. 1867/69 Laura b. KS 1869 Emily b. TX 1874/75 Samuel Ira McKee, born 01 Jan 1867 in Springfield, Illinois; died abt. 1909. He was the son of Sarah Katherine or Sara Catherine from Ma. Samuel married Eliza Lee Hunter abt.1890. Eliza Lee Hunter, born May 1873 in TX; died 31 Aug 1923 in Ranger, Eastland, TX. Burial: Palo Pinto, TX Cemetery. She was the daughter of William Peter Hunter and Elizabeth Jane Beaty. Notes for Samuel Ira McKee: Eldest son of ten children. His father was killed in an ambush over a horse. After the father's death, the mother, Sarah Katherine, moved the children to Palo Pinto County, TX (some say by way of Oklahoma first some where around the Bad lands). Samuel was about 10 years old? In abt.1909 Samuel was severely injured internally when a wagon overturned on him. He died several months later. He was buried near Mineral Wells. No one today knows where his unmarked grave is. Children of Samuel McKee and Eliza Hunter are: i. Eula Lee McKee, born 24 Dec 1891 TX; died 24 Nov 1966 in Bakersfield, CA; Burial Greenlawn memorial park. Bakersfield Ca. married (1) Robert W. "Blackie " Sherwood; married (2) Charlie Burleson Abt. 1910. Children: Edwin T. Hall, John S. Burleson, Bertha L. Burleson, Raymond Burleson, ILa B. Burleson, Robert W. Sherwood ii. Samuel Harvey McKee, born 28 Feb 1894 in Parker CO, TX; died 7 Jun. 1922 Palo Pint Co., TX. Married Nida Dell "Tellie" Rouse on 20 Jan. 1917 in Palo Pinto Co., TX. Children; Webster L. McKee, Evelyn D. McKee iii. Pansy Viola McKee, born 29 Aug 1896 TX; died 16 Feb 1940 in Pampa, TX; married (1) Wallace Stephens; married (2) Everet Leedy; married (3) Bud Tate. Child: Lillian N. Stephens iv. Joseph Ira McKee, born 26 Feb 1899 TX; died 08 Jan 1932 in Huntsville, TX; married Lillie Mae Williams. Children: Callie M. "Pauline" McKee, James Ira Lee Newton "Lil Ira" McKee v. Jesse Oscar McKee, born 15 Jul 1901 Brook, TX; died 23 Mar 1930 in Pampa, TX. Burial: Palo Pinto Co., TX. Never married. vi. Charlie William McKee, born 14 Feb 1904 Lyra, TX; died 1 July 1958 Olive View, CA; Burial: GreenLawn memorial park. Bakersfield, Ca. married Edith Pearl Aldred 08 Aug 1928 in Auburn California. Left Texas around 1926. Charlie came to California and assumed a new identity, Robert Earl Freeman. (The name he is Buried under.) Children: Evelyn C. Freeman, Luella V. Freeman vii. Nell Blye McKee, born 26 Feb 1906 in Lyra., TX; died 18 March. 1989 in Stephenville, TX; married (1) Percy Glen Johnson; married (2) Elmer Pannell. Child: Marjorie Blye Johnson If you are related to my Mckee's you would surely have herd of them. 3 of Samuel' & Eliza boys got in trouble with the law. See below. iv. Joseph Ira McKee, born 26 Feb 1899; died 08 Jan 1932 in Huntsville, TX; married Lillie Williams. Ira Killed a man. Sentence to death in the electric chair. v. Jesse Oscar McKee, born 15 Jul 1901; died 23 Mar 1930 in Pampa, TX. Notes for Jesse Oscar McKee: Shot to death by jealous former-boyfriend of Jesse's girlfriend. Was an oilfield worker at the time. vi. Charlie William McKee, born 14 Feb 1904; died in Bakersfield, CA; married Edith Pearl Aldred 08 Aug 1928 in California. Notes for Charlie William McKee: Fled Texas around 1926 after an altercation on the road to Mingus, TX, with a bootlegger from Ranger, Texas. The man's skull was crushed with a tire tool. Charlie made it to California and assumed a new identity, Robert Earl Freeman.