Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-12-16
DEATHS.

DONAHAY- her home in Buffalo
twp. Dec. s. 1897. Miss Abbie Dona-
hay, aged about 20 years.
GREEN-On Thursday, Dec. Q, 1891, at
her home in Etna, Pa, Katie Green,
nee Moller) wife of Jacob Green, IN
her 39th year.
COOPER-At his home in Fairview
twp, Dec. 10, 1897, VIM. Cooper,
aged about 40 years.
MILLER her home in Clinton twp.
Dec. 13 1897. Mrs. Mary Ann Mil
ler widow or Joseph Miller decd IN
her S0th year.
PHILLIPS-At his home in Butler,
Dec. 13, 1897, Charles L. Phillips, aged
as years.
MEALS-At his home III Washington
twp, Dec. 10, 1897, Frank, son OF
Samuel G.. Meals, aged about %
years.
KAPPLER-A his home in Butler
Dec. 8, 1897, Joseph H., son OF John
Happier, aged six years.
| TURNER-At his home in Jefferson
twp, Dec. 9. 1897, Arthur Turner,
aged about 20 years.
Mr., Turner was married to daugh-
ter of Geo. Welsh, decd, and lived on
the old place His death was sudden
| one.
HILLIARD-Ath her home in Venango
twp, Dec. 3, 1891, Eliza Jane, wife
of John NJ. Hilliard.
| Mrs. Hilliard was daughter OF Arch
| ibald Jamison, decd, of same twp. She
was a good woman, and an affectionate
| wife and mother. Her husband and
eleven children survive her.
| MONTGOMERY his home in
| Clinton twp, Dec IA, 1897 John Mont
gomery, in his 10th year.
Mr.. Montgomery had been in poor
health for some months He was an
excellent man, good citizen, and one
| of the best known farmers of his sec
ton.
He was born in Philadelphia on Dec
smber 1s. 1927, and was reared IN Pitts
| burg. He was educated in the common
| schools, and learned the brlckmakers
| trade. which he followed until ls4l,
then came with his father to B4Vier
comfy. and in 1851 located on farm
in West Deer township, Allegheny
county. He afterwards purchased lOo
| acres of the old homestead in Clinton
| township, erected buildings and en-
gagged in farming In August, 1864,
| he enlisted in Co f. Eighteenth Penn
| svlvania Cavalry. and served until the
| close of the war, participating IN many
battles. and was discharged on June II,
| 1895. In politics Mr.. Montgomery was
| a republican, had served as school dl-
rector for teu years, and filled other
| township offices. He was member OF
James Harvey Post G. y. r. He mar
ried Catherine Flick a daughter of
Henry Flick, who has borne him the
following children: Samuel; Henry F..
! Margaret J., wife of Thomas Morrow
| Emma F.. Mary E.; wife of r. e. Nor
row; Geo. w, Albert. Harry c, Viii
| liam H and Bertha E.
| MCKEE-At his home in Butler, Satur-
day, Dec II, 1897, James Cooper Nc
Kee in his IS year.
Col. McKees death was caused by
heart failure. He was sick but few
days. He was born here May Is. 1880,
and received his education in the pub
| lie schools and at the Butler academy.
He taught school for cougle OF years
| and began the study of medicine with
DR.. w. C. Thompson, of Indianapolis,
attended lectures in the Medical Uni
| versity of Pennsylvania, and graduated
| from that institution in 1852 He
practiced medicine at Altoona aud Hol-
idaysburg till 1857, when he was exam
ined by the medical board of the regu-
| lar army, passed and was commissioned
assistant surgeon il the United States
| army in 1858 He served in several
campaigns against the Indians and es-
tablished hospital at Chester in 81.
He joined Pope's army at second Bull
Run and served as assistant medical d1-
rector of the army. AT the battle OF
Antietam he was made assistant medl-
cal purveyor of the army and stationed
at Frederick City, Maryland. He later
took charge of hospital at Baltimore
and was next sent to organize hospl
tai at Pittsburg. In '63 he was promo
ted to the rank of captain and placed in
charge of Lincoln United States hospl-
tai Washington d. c., with capacity
of about 3, 900 beds, where he remained
until the close of the war and during
his stay there % 600 sick and wounded
passed under his care. He was next
ordered TO New Mexico as chief medl-
cal officer, with headquarters at Santa
Fe, where he met with an accident.
He was then sent 10 FoIt Wadsworth.
in New York harbor, where he remain
ed bont four years. After visit to
Europe he filled several impor ant posi-
tiOns for the government. He was Mn
ally retired from actual service IN 1891,
for in juries received in the line OF duty,
with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He returned to his home in Bntler and
has 81 nee resided here. He was man
of fine literary tastes and was the author
of a pamphlet giving the details OF
the surrender of his command at Fort
Fillmore, which is highly priced by
military men.
He was the youngest child of Hugh
Mckee, one of the earliest citizens OF
this place and who owned and lived on
the lot at the corner of Main and JET
ferson streets now occupied by the
John Berg bank and other buildings.
He was tanner by trade and the bark
from his tannery thrown out on JetIer-
son street was q place of common re
sort for the boys in those days to raco
and Jump upon. He was a good citi-
zen and is said to have done more than
any other one in promoting and build
ing the first United Presbyterian
church here, where the present one
now stands Cooper, as we have said,
was the youngest child and his death
now takes away the last of the children
OF Hugh Mckee and leaves here only
the grandchildren of the Mcbride fam
lily descendants of Maria Mckee
Mcbride.
OBITUARY NOTES
Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley, the
aged mother of the President, died
shortly after 2 o'clock Sunday morning.
Almost two weeks had elapsed since the
stroke of paralysis, which was at once
pronounced fatal, and the wonderful
vitality which had kept death at bay so
long had deluded the friends and rela=
tives into the belief that the aged wo-
man might, perhaps, recover, desrite
the verdict of her physician.