Thanks to the kindness of Herman "Joe " McAtee for allowing me to use material from his book to share online. Joe and Natalie Baker spent countless days and hours doing their research and I am so appreciative because my opportunities to travel and do research is very limited. QUEEN HISTORY After the Revolutionary War, in the year of 1785, a league of sixty Catholic families was formed in Maryland, (mainly residents of St. Mary & Charles Counties), to emigrate to Kentucky. The Maryland League included among others, these families: Henry McAtee, James Queen, Bernard Cissell, William Brewer, Henry Norris, Ignatius Cissell, John Baptist Dant, Philip Miles, John Spalding, Philip Mattingly and Harry Miles. They journeyed to Pittsburg and then in flatboats down the Ohio River to Maysville, Kentucky, then over-land to Boonesborough and ending up in Nelson County. (now, Nelson, Washington & Marion Counties). [61 Our common Ancestor, James M. Queen, was born in 1820 in Kentucky. Evidently he came to Brown Township, Martin County, Indiana as a young man and married at age 19 to Mary Magdalen Strange. They had 2 children: Joseph born in 1841 and William Ignatius, born in May 1845. [71 Our problem is in connecting James M. Queen with the other Kentucky Queens. Although we have no photograph of James M. Queen, his description as listed in his Civil War Papers reflects the following: He was 42 years old, had hazel eyes and dark hair, was 5 feet and 8 inches tall and had a fair complexion. He had enlisted from Martin County, Indiana and was a farmer by occupation. (Family legend has it that he enlisted in the Army to make a better living for his family; farming ground being poor even then in Martin County and he had a hard time making ends meet. No one knew where he had gone until word of his death came a few months later.) He was reported "Died of disease at Danville, Kentucky on November 20, 1862 and is buried at City Cemetery there with other Civil War Soldiers.[71 James M.'s first wife, Mary Magdalen Strange Queen was a daughter of Ignatius Strange and ------------------ She was born in 1822 and died April 7, 1846 at age 24. She is buried at Old St. Joe Cemetery at Naval Surface Weapons Center, Crane, INJ81 Of their son Joseph, we know nothing further than he was listed in the 1850 Martin County Census as 9 years old and born in Indiana. The 1860 Martin County Census lists him as 19 years old. By 1870 he would have been 29 years old and probably married and moved away as he is not listed. QUEEN HISTORY Their son William Ignatius was listed as 5 years old, born in Indiana, in the 1850 Census and on through the 1870 Census where he is listed as 25 years old, On February 26, 1867 he married Cecelia Ann Kidwell, a daughter of Sylvester and Mary Ann Clements Kidwell.[9 & 101 James M. Queen married 2nd, Priscilla Miles, a daughter of John B. Miles. We have not been able to find her mother's name. Priscilla was born April 17, 1828 in Casey County, Kentucky. The Miles family moved to Martin County, Indiana where Priscilla Married James M. on February 29, 1848 at St. Peters Catholic Church in Montgomery, Daviess County, Indiana. [111 They had eight children: Now continue with the James M. Queen Families and Descendants..