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About Dr. Alexander Robertson McKee, M.D.
. He attended Centre College, got his M.D. 1839 at U. of Pa. Went to Danville, Boyle, Ky
Found in the Kentucky Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of Kentucky Vol. 4 Edited by Thomas W. Westerfield (1975; pg. 26-9 is as follows:
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON MCKEE,M.D., was born on the 4th of February, 1810, near Lancaster, Garrard co., Ky. He was the third son of Hon. Samuel McKee, who was a prominent and successful lawyer and politician during the early history of the state.
Dr. McKee received a collegiate education At Centre College, Danville, Ky., and subsequently took his degree in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania with the class of 1839. Soon afterwards he located at Richmond, Madison co., Ky. And formed a partnership for the practice of his profession with his cousin, the late Dr. William R. Lectcher. He at once acquired a large and lucrative practice and commanded the universal respect and confidence of the community.
During the time he resided in Madison County he was elected and served many years as a director of the Northern Bank of Kentucky, as a member of the board of trustees of the town of Richmond, and as an elder in the Presbyterian Church.
In 1857 Dr. McKee removed to clay county, Mo., where he remained only two years. Returning to Kentucky in the spring of 1869 he located at Danville, where he resumed the practice of his profession, and resided at that place until his death on the 13th of February, 1886. Dr. McKee was engaged as an active and honorable practitioner of medicine for forty-seven years, commencing in 1839, and ending a few days before his death in 1886. He was a diligent student of medicine, thoroughly devoted to his profession, and was recognized by the medical profession and the community at large as a thoroughly qualified and conscientious practitioner. He acquired wide reputation as a safe and successful physician. Few men in nay profession have for so many years, retained their practice as Dr. McKee. Until four days before his death in the seventy-first year of his age he was engaged in the successful practice of his profession. He was remarkably successful as a general practitioner, but was known as specially successful as an accoucheur. It is known that out of over 1,600 obstetrical cases that he attended during his professional career, only one case resulted in the death of the mother.
Dr. McKee was one of the organizers of the Boyle County Medical Society, also of the district society, and was frequently elected president of each. He was also a member of the Kentucky State Medical Society
He was a man of great physical as well as moral courage. He never failed, or even hesitated, in the discharge of what he considered to be his duty. No danger or personnel inconvenience ever deterred him, or caused him to falter. This feature of his character was well illustrated by his conduct during the winter of 1862, after the battle of Perryville, where he had under his professional care as many as 1,200 sick and wounded Union and Confederate soldiers many of whom had contagious and infectious diseases. To these he gave as careful and as faithful attention as he did his friends and patients suffering from ordinary diseases. He was a man of great firmness and determination. When once he made up his mind, or come to a conclusion about any matter, no amount of treats or persuasion could induce him to abandon his position. No consideration of personal gain or popularity seemed to have the slightest influence with him; justice and right seemed to be the main considerations with him, let the consequences be what they would. He was a true and steadfast friend, a wise counselor, a public-spirited citizen, a skillful physician, and an upright and honest man, beloved and respected by the entire community.
Dr. McKee’s father, Hon. Samuel McKee, was a noted man in his day. Born in Rockbridge county, Va., October 13, 1774, he removed with his father Col. WM. McKee to Garrard County, Ky., about the year 1800 to 1910, succeeding Judge John Boyle in that office. He was Circuit judge for a number of years, and an officer in the War of 1812. A lawyer he commanded a very large practice, and as a orator he had few equals. He seldom ever had any opposition for any office to which he aspired. He was so popular in his own county that the largest number of votes ever cast against him in that county was six. He was repeatedly elected a member of the Kentucky Legislature, was a member of the first board of trustees of Centre college, and at the time of his death in 1826 was serving by appointment of President Monroe as president of the first commission to clear the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers of obstructions.
Dr McKee had only two brothers: Col. WM. R. McKee who graduated at the military academy at West Point in 1820 and was subsequently colonel of the Second Kentucky Regiment in the war with Mexico, and lost his life at the head of his regiment at the same time with Lieut. Col. Henry Clay Jr., a Buena Vista. His other brother, Judge George R. McKee, one of the most distinguished and successful lawyers of the State still resides in Covington. Dr. McKee’s only sister, Jane Logan McKee, was married to Dr. Benjamin F. Duncan, of Garrard county. She died at the old “McKee” homestead near Lancaster in 1873.
Dr. McKee’s grandfather, Col. Wm. McKee of Scotch–Irish descent, was a captain in the Revolutionary War for six years; a member of the convention that drafted the first constitution of the State of Virginia; a member of the Virginia Convention that adopted the Constitution of the United States; was high sheriff of Rockbridge County, Va.; removed to Kentucky about the year 1800, and settled upon Gilbert’s Creek near Lancaster. Col. McKee’s first wife was his cousin, Miriam McKee and his second wife was was also his cousin, being at the time of their marriage the widows of Col. Joseph Daviess, and was the mother by her husband of Col. Joesph Hamilton Daviess, who was killed at the battle of Tippecanoe.
Dr. McKee’s mother was Martha Roberston, daughter of Alexander Robertson, the first sheriff of Mercer county; member of the first county court for Lincoln County; delegate to the Virginia Convention called to ratify the Federal Constitution; member of Virginia Legislature until 1780; voted with all the Kentucky delegates, except Humphrey Marshall, against the adoption of the federal constitution. Dr. McKee’s mother was a sister to the lat Chief Justice George Robertson and also of Mrs. Ex-Gov. Robt. P. Letcher.
Dr. McKee was married in September, 1842, to Mary Ashby, daughter of Dr. M. Q. Ashby, of Richmond, Ky. They were blessed with six children: Samuel, Ashby, George, Logan, Alexander and Margaret Logan McKee. George R. died in infancy, and Ashby, a young man of rare promise, died in the twenty-eight year of his age, in Louisville, Ky. The remaining children are yet living.
Mrs. McKee’s family, the Ashby’s were also very prominent and bore a conspicuous part in the early history of Virginia and Kentucky. Mrs. McKee’s father, Dr. M. Q. Ashby of Mt. Sterling, Ky., was a prominent physician for many years at Richmond and Lexington, Ky.; and was one of the wealthiest and most influential men of central Kentucky. Her grandfather, Capt. Nathaniel Ashby, was a captain in the Revolutionary War; also in the war of 1812; served under Gen. Morgan throughout the war of the Revolution and was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Her great-grandfather, Capt. John Ashby, was an aid on George Washington’s staff at Braddock’s defeat in 1754; was also an officer in the Revolutionary war with his son, Capt. Nathaniel Ashby. Ashby’s Gap in Virginia is named for Capt. John Ashby; and General Turner Ashby, of “Black Horse” cavalry fame, is of the same family, being a second cousin of Mrs. McKee.
RECORD 1. George Wilson McKee, McKees of Virginia and Kentucky, the, Pittsburgh, J. B. Richards, 1891, pg. 90-2
Alexander Robertson McKee.
Alexander Robertson McKee was born at the old McKee homestead in Garrard County Ky. February 4, 1816. He received his education from the local schools of Garrard and Centre College, Danville, Ky., but finally graduated in medicine from the Philadelphia, Pa., College. He was a man of great firmness of character, and a most devout Christian. He practiced his profession with success in Madison, Garrard and Boyle Counties, where lie was universally respected by the people. Devotedly attached to his family and friends, he preferred the quiet of home-life and the society of friends, among whom he was so useful, to the din of politics and public office.
Although he was one of the best wing-shots in Kentucky, he never allowed his sportsman's instincts to interfere with his work as a physician. Marvelous stories are told of his feats with the rifle and shotgun when he was a bov of only ten years of age.
Alexander Robertson McKee married Mary Ashby, a relative of the Virginia Ashbys, September 27, 1842. Of this marriage were born :
Samuel McKee, September 17, 1843; died September 14, 1887.
Ashby McKee, June 3, 1845 ; died November 17, 1872.
George R. McKee, January 2, 1847; died January 24, 1847.
Logan McKee, April 9,1848; died October 3, 1889.
Alexander R. McKee, December 31, 1852 died March 27, 1890.
Margaret Logan McKee, September 23, 1854.
Dr. Alexander Robertson McKee died February 13, 1886.
Alexander R. McKee, Jr., was married to Sarah Riker, May 11. 1881. Of this marriage was born :
Ashby Robertson McKee, May 6, 1882.
Margaret Logan McKee was married to John Adamson Cheek November 24. 1880.
CHILDREN OF JOHN A. AND MAGGIE m'kee Alexander McKee Cheek, born Feb. 5th, 1883; died Feb. 22d, 1889. Francis Powell Cheek, Lorn Aug. 26th,1884. Logan McKee Cheek, born July 12th, 1886.
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Dr. Alexander Robertson McKee, M.D.'s Timeline
| 1816 |
February 4, 1816
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near Lancaster, Garrard, Ky.
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| 1843 |
September 17, 1843
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Richmond, Kentucky - Madison County
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| 1845 |
June 3, 1845
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Danville, Kentucky - Boyle County
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| 1847 |
January 2, 1847
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Danville, Boyle County/ Richmond, Madison County Kentucky
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| 1848 |
April 9, 1848
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Richmond, Kentucky - Madison County
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| 1852 |
December 31, 1852
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Richmond, Kentucky - Madison County
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| 1854 |
September 23, 1854
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Richmond, Kentucky - Madison County
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| 1886 |
February 13, 1886
Age 70
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Danville, Boyle, Ky
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Bellevue Cemetery - Danville, Kentucky - Boyle County
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