Bisbee daily review., 1913-08-21
PIONEER GONE
 ID HIS REWARD
Father of Chas. NJ. Mckean After Eventful Career, Dies at His Home in De Queen. Ark.-tiis Early Life.

Chas. Nj. MeKean now with the c. & 4. company. in charge of the supply department. has received news of the death of his father which occurred at Du Queen. Ark, on Saturday. Aug. ls. Deceased leaves nine children, thre daughters and six sons. All were present at the death bed of their fath- CT, except Mir. McKean, oG this city.
 John c. MeKean, the deceased, was born in Tennessee in 1927 and came with his father 10 Sevier county, Ar. kansas in the year 1892. when that was a wild and unsettled country. The De Queen Daily Bee thus speaks Of the deceased ard his early expert ences in the then western wilderness:
 Tn the boyhood days Of Captain McKean corn was pounded in a nor tar This plan was followed by an old fashioned steel hand mill of which Capt McKean said. in a sketch writ ten in 1909. By hard work a man migslt grind enough very coarse meal in a half day to run his family the rext day In the same sketch Capt. McKean says: Letters were not pre- paid. neither was there such a thing a san envelope. Wit hevery letter came a way-bill. stating where and when mailed and the amount of post age due. These had to be entered up- on register and filed away and re turned to the department at the end of the next quarter"
 Schools were few and far between There were TO railroads, the only pub lie conveyance being the stage coach. and it came only as far west as Para clifta
 In these pioneer surroundings Capt McKean grew to manhood. He says in his sketch:
 "My ancestors were among the men and women who blazed the way into the wilderness of Tennessee and set tied the village of Nashville. Later on they opened the way through the wilderness and canebTakes of Arkan- sas. that the footsteps of civilization might follow the path they had made with so much toll and suffering. think I might be excused if ! feel prond of such an ancestry. It is this blood. pure and untarmelled. cours' ing through my veins that makes me often feel the call of the wild at this late day.
 Notwithstanding the hardships of pioneer life. Capt. McKean secured a good education. and was one of the most cultured citizens of Seyier coun- tv. Upright in character, with a fine sense of justice. he set an example for his children and for others with whom he came in contact that will be everIastingly productive of good.
 Captain McKean was a Confederate veteran. and was the chosen leader of band of Sevier county volunteers who responded to the call of their country in it's hour of need, and his war record is one of credit and honor. At the time of his death Capt. Me Kean was commander of John H. Nor gan camp T.. c. V.
 Capt. McKeau took keen interest in all affairs pertaining to the Con feierate veterans. and held the rank of brigadier general on the staff of Gen. w. L. Cabell. when the latter was in command of the Mississippi depart men5.
 Capt McKean wa sa local minister of the Methodist church, and was q forceful and convincing preacher, one who always impressed hi shearers with great sincerity and care for the welfare of his fellowman."