Clarissa E. Stanley and Martin Currie McKee

MARTIN CURRIE MCKEE was born February 2, 1840 in Canada,⁶¹⁷⁵ and died March 6, 1904 in Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.⁶¹⁷⁵ He is buried in Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.⁶¹⁷⁵

He married CLARISSA E. STANLEY on April 26, 1872 in Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan,⁴⁸⁸⁹ daughter of MARY BATES and SAMUEL STANLEY. She was born June 12, 1854 in Monmouth County, Illinois,³⁶⁰⁵ and died June 21, 1935 in Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.³⁶⁰⁵ She is buried in Taylor Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.⁷³²¹

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Clarissa E. Stanley)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Clarissa E. Stanley)

Children of CLARISSA E. STANLEY and MARTIN CURRIE MCKEE:

1. JESSIE MCKEE, b. February 8, 1873, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan;⁹⁷³ m. JOHN ALSON LEE on August 24, 1898 in Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan^{7329, 12084}; d. August 10, 1950, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.³⁶⁰⁵
2. EVA MCKEE, b. February 10, 1876, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan;⁹⁷³ d. August 27, 1876.⁴⁵⁶
3. IVY MCKEE, b. July 15, 1880, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan;⁹⁷³ m. (1) WLLARD G. BESSEY on June 3, 1903 in Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan⁴⁸⁸⁹, m. (2) RAGNOR OBERG on June 30, 1913 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois⁴⁶³⁵; d. February 14, 1969, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.⁷⁰⁶
4. ARCHIE VERNON MCKEE, b. July 18, 1885, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan;^{7322, 6175} m. (1) ELSIE A. LEAVER on February 5, 1908 in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan⁴⁸⁹⁰, m. (2) IRENE SALNAVE on July 30, 1912 in Casco, Van Buren, Michigan⁴⁸⁸⁹; d. February 13, 1952, Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan.^{7322, 6175}

Personal Information

• Clarissa E. Stanley was also called Clara.

Obituaries

Daily Tribune, March 7, 1904⁷³³⁰

BANGOR RESIDENT DIED SUNDAY

M. C. McKee of Bangor died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning of a complication of diseases, aged about 60 years.

Mr. McKee was for some years editor and proprietor of the Bangor Breeze until its discontinuance, about five years ago. Previous to embarking in the newspaper business he had been a tailor and also ran a greenhouse. The latter he has continued to manage up to the present time. For several terms he was justice of the peace and at the time of his death was township clerk.

He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his loss, Mrs. Iva A. Bessey of South Haven, Mrs. James Lee of Bangor, and Archie, aged 18, at home. Mrs. Bessey has been at her father's bedside since Thursday, and Mr. Bessey will also attend the funeral.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the M. E. church in Bangor.

News-Palladium, June 21, 1935⁷³²¹

MRS. CLARA M'KEE, LONG A RESIDENT OF BANGOR, DIES

BANGOR, June 21—Mrs. Clara E. McKee, 79, died at 5:30 o'clock today in the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Lee of Bangor. She had been a resident of this community for the past 66 years. She had been in ill health for three years, and seriously ill since Memorial day.

Born in Monmouth, Ill., on June 12, 1856, she came to Bangor in 1869. With her late husband, who died 31 years ago, she operated a tailor shop and greenhouse here. The latter business was sold in 1905 to Arthur Davis.

Mrs. McKee had been a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church for the past 20 years. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Sherrod's chapel. Burial will be made in Taylor cemetery.

Besides the daughter at whose home she died, Mrs. McKee leaves another daughter, Mrs. Ivah Oberg, Chicago; a son, Archie McKee, of Bangor; five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 7, 18807323	Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan	Martin Currie McKee Jessie McKee
June 2, 19007324	Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan	Martin Currie McKee Clarissa E. Stanley Jessie McKee Archie Vernon McKee Ivy McKee John Alson Lee Paul Stanley Lee
January 13, 19207326	Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan	Archie Vernon McKee Irene Salnave Christy Stanley McKee Nina M. McKee Clarissa E. Stanley
April 16, 19307327	Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan	Clarissa E. Stanley