Virgil Desalles Jr. McKenzie

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VIRGIL D. "BUDDY" MCKENZIE JR.
SPRINGFIELD, W.Va. - Virgil DeSalles "Buddy" McKenzie Jr., 49, of Springfield, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 1998, at his residence.

Born Dec. 1, 1948, in Cumberland, he was the son of Virgil DeSalles McKenzie Sr. and Mary E. (Flynn) McKenzie, of Cumberland, Md.

Mr. McKenzie was in the U.S. Army for three years, where he held the rank of sergeant. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and was the recipient of two Purple Hearts, a Combat Infantry Badge, a Rifle Expert Medal for Marksmanship, an Army Commendation Medal, and a Good Conduct Medal. He loved fishing and hunting.

Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife, Sheila (Oster) McKenzie; four daughters, Tammy McKenzie and Pamela McKenzie, both of Romney, Alyssa McKenzie and Kayla Marie McKenzie, both at home; two sons, Jeremiah McKenzie and Shawn McKenzie, both at home; one sister, Mary T. (McKenzie) Rogers, Winchester, Va.; and six brothers, Ira McKenzie, Patrick McKenzie, John McKenzie, Brian McKenzie, Kevin McKenzie and Mark McKenzie, all of Cumberland.

Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, on Monday from noon to 1 p.m.

Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Monday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Jerry A. Eisenhour officiating. Interment will be in the Springfield Hill Cemetery.

Military honors will be accorded by the Vietnam Veterans Honor Guard.

Virgil married Sheila Oster in Private. Sheila (daughter of Linford Ray Oester) was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

1. Tammy McKenzie was born in Private.
2. Kayla Marie McKenzie was born in Private.
3. Pamela McKenzie was born in Private.
4. Jeremiah McKenzie was born in Private.
5. Alyssa May McKenzie was born in Private.
6. Shawn McKenzie was born in Private.

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Virgil D. McKenzie Sr. (Cumberland)

September 20, 2006 09:46 am

CUMBERLAND - Virgil DeSalles McKenzie Sr., 84, of Cumberland, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, at his home.
Born Jan. 19, 1922, in Cumberland, he was the son of the late Galltzian L. and Helen Marie (Goldsworthy) McKenzie. He also was preceded in death by his wife, Mary E. (Flynn) McKenzie; three sons Virgil D. McKenzie Jr., Michael F. McKenzie and Patrick J. McKenzie; and two brothers.
Mr. McKenzie was retired from the Kelly Springfield Tire Co. After leaving high school and serving with the U.S. Army during World War II, Virgil was awarded his honorary high school diploma from Allegany High School on Nov. 11, 1999. He was a member of SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church; American Legion, Fort Cumberland Post 13; Catholic War Veterans, Victor Trambillo Post 1712; Henry Hart Post 1411; and Secular Order of St. Francis. Surviving are one daughter, Mary Shade, Cumberland; five sons, Ira V. McKenzie, John F. McKenzie, Brian C. McKenzie, Kevin J. McKenzie and Mark L. McKenzie, all of Cumberland; one brother, George V. McKenzie, Cumberland; 14 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, (scarpellifh.com) Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. The Rosary will be recited Thursday at 4:15 p.m. at the funeral home. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Friday at 10 a.m. with Father James Kurtz, OFM, Cap., as celebrant. Interment will be in SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery.
Graveside military honors will be accorded by the Combined Veterans Honor Guard.

Virgil wrote a 110 page book on the History of the McKenzies. Michael A. McKenzie intends to post it on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site so that everyone will have an opportunity to review it.

On August 22, 2013, Frank McKenzie sent the following email to Michael A. McKenzie:

Attached is a list of the old forts with Fort McKenzie that Virgil talks about in his book (page 6).

NAMES, LOCATIONS, & DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT OF FORTS IN WEST VIRGINIA
From: MYERS' HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA, Volume 1, Chapter XII, pages
159-181. Compiled by S. Myers, 1915. Published by The Wheeling
News Lithograph Company

MAMc cut and pasted the information pertaining to Fort McKenzie:

-FORT MCKENZIE-
This fort was located on the South Branch of the Potomac. Exact location not known. Probably erected by Captain Robert McKenzie some time prior to the year 1757.

From Sheryl Kelso: July, 2014: CUMBERLAND (AP) — Virgil McKenzie digs the past. The Cresaptown native has spent the past 30 years unearthing remnants of the region's Native American civilization and of settlers who were heading west. With help from family members. Mr. McKenzie began exhuming arrowheads, tools and other Indian artifacts hidden beneath the earth of a Seymour Bottom, W.Va., farm he owned in 1968. Mr. McKenzie said his former home served as an Indian camp through the late 1700s. One of the family's first discoveries there was a bust of an Indian warrior or chief. The facial features are still distinguishable on the reddish clay sculpture, which stands about six inches high. Mr. McKenzie's son, Mark, then only 9, found the bust in a pile of rocks on the property. "I wasn't sure what it was, but I thought it was something valuable," Mark McKenzie said. Over the next four years, Mr. McKenzie found more than 20 arrowheads, several tomahawk heads and tools used to clean animal skins and prepare the pelts used for clothing. His centuries-old discoveries adorn a second-floor room of his Maryland Avenue residence and are detailed in a book he published a few years ago. Three rounded stones sit on his desk. In a prior life, the smooth, egg-size rocks served as ammunition for a leather sling, a common weapon used against other tribes and white settlers. The most bizarre item in his collection is a denture plate chiseled from stone. It follows the curvature of the jawbone and appears to have been worn as a set of dentures. These ersatz teeth gave their wearer a stone edge with which to gnaw food. Mr. McKenzie's collection includes more than American Indian artifacts. Years ago Mr. McKenzie and his wife, Mary, were newlyweds living east of Cumberland. While chopping wood one day McKenzie's ax blade struck a ball from a muzzleloader embedded deep in a tree. He believes the ball to be at least 100 years old. His most recent discovery is what the McKenzies believe may be a button from a British soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War. At first glance he and his son thought they'd found a coin. Mr. McKenzie said the insignia on the button hints it may have decorated the coat of one of King George Ill's men. The Frederick News Post, August 18, 1997

Virgil married Mary Elizabeth Flynn on 31 Dec 1946 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland. Mary (daughter of Daniel J. Flynn and Elizabeth E. Adams) was born on 1 Jan 1926 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 21 Apr 2004 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary E. McKenzie CUMBERLAND - Mary E. McKenzie, 78, of Cumberland, a faithful and loving wife of 58 years and a faithful servant of her Lord, died Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born Jan. 1, 1926 in Cumberland, she was the daughter of the late Daniel J. and Elizabeth E. (Adams) Flynn. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Virgil D. McKenzie Jr. and Michael F. McKenzie. Mrs. McKenzie was a keypunch operator for the Kelly Springfield Tire Company. She was a 1944 graduate of Ursuline Academy; a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Secular Order of St. Francis. She was a member of the Blue Army. Surviving are her husband, Virgil DeSalles McKenzie Sr.; one daughter, Mary Theresa Shade, Martinsburg, W.Va.; six sons, Ira V. McKenzie, Patrick J. McKenzie, John F. McKenzie, Brian C. McKenzie, Kevin J. McKenzie and Mark L. McKenzie; one brother, Michael Flynn, all of Cumberland; 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. The Third Order of St. Francis will conduct a Rosary on Friday at 8:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at SS Peter Paul Catholic Church on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. with Father James Kurtz, O.F.M., Cap. as celebrant. Interment will be in SS Peter Paul Cemetery, Cumberland. Pallbearers will be Michael Connelley, Ansel Shircliffe, Clifford Sims and Christopher Thornburg. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.scarpellifh.com.

Burial:
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery
Cumberland
Allegany County
Maryland

Notes:

Gallitzen Leo McKenzie, 67, of Fairgo, died this morning in Sacred Heart Hospital shortly after being admitted. He had been in failing health for a year and a half. He was born in Cresaptown, the son of the late Samuel and Alice (Winters) McKenzie. His wife is Mrs. Marie H. (Goldsworthy) McKenzie. Besides his widow, he is survived by four sons, Virgil D., Paul W. and George V. McKenzie, all of Fairgo, and Garland R. McKenzie, Potomac Park; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Weber this city, and 16 grandchildren. He was a member of SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church and was a veteran of World War I. The body is at the George Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.


The Cumberland Evening Times, June 9, 1960
Cumberland Evening Times
Cumberland,Maryland

Buried: SS Peter and Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland.

Death Certificate courtesy of Don Kagle. He was buried on 11 Jun 1960 in SS Peter and Paul Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.

Gallitzen Leo served in WWI along with his brother-in-law Paul Goldsworthy.

Virgil D. McKenzie, Sr., son of Gallitzen, wrote a McKenzie Family History Book, which hopefully will be added to the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site someday linked to his name. He wrote:

"My father Gallitzen McKenzie was named after the first Catholic priest that came to Cumberland, Maryland. And, to Cresaptown, Maryland. Before the first Catholic church was built in Cumberland, Maryland and Cresaptown, Maryland. The priest rode a horse back and forth. He was known as a circuit rider. He was a missionary. Father Demetrius Galitizin. Whose parish extended from the Susquehanna to the Potomac." (Page 40)

He entered the service 26 Sep 1917 and was discharged 21 May 1919. (Page 61).

Gallitzen married Marie Helen Goldsworthy on 15 Nov 1920 in Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland. Marie (daughter of Paul Goldsworthy and Anna M. Helfrick) was born on 3 Nov 1900 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 20 Mar 1967 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Marie Helen McKenzie, 66, of RD 5, Fairgo, died yesterday in Sacred Heart Hospital. She had been in failing health several months. Born in Cumberland on November 3, 1900, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Anna M. (Helferish) Goldsworthy. She was the widow of Gallitzen L. McKenzie. Mrs. McKenzie was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Surviving are four sons, Virgil D. McKenzie, Sr., Bowling Green; Garland R. McKenzie, Potomac Park, and Paul W. and George V. McKenzie, both of Fairgo; one sister, Mrs. Regina Hinds, Cumberland; two brothers, Paul Goldsworthy, LaVale, and William Goldsworthy, Cresaptown, and 19 grandchildren. The body is at the George Funeral Home where friends will be received from 7 to 9 p. m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. tomorrow. The Cumberland Evening Times, March 21, 1967.

Daniel + Elizabeth E. Adams. Elizabeth died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth is refereced in Western Maryland Catholics by Koch and Davidson at p. 178: 6 Nov 1845. Christened on 3 May 1846 in St. Patrick's, Cumberland, Maryland. Sponsors: John Schelenberg and Rody McKinzie.

The following are marriage records were supplied by Ray Leidinger and transcribed by Sheryl Kelso August, 2013 and were from Allegany Co. Marriage Registry and other records from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Cumberland, unless otherwise noted:

Samuel Sampen McKenzie

dob November 6, 1845
baptized May 3, 1846
marriage license May 6, 1872
marriage to Alice Winters, May 7, 1872

Samuel S. McKenzie, 84, Civil War veteran and farmer near Cresaptown died at three o'clock this morning at his home. Mr. McKenzie is survived by his wife, Alice, and by three sons, Lewis, Walter and Gallitzin McKenzie. He is also survived by three daughters. Mrs. Elizabeth Hershberger, Mrs. Ira McKenzie, Mrs. Berta Welch and Mrs. Nellie McKenzie. One brother Enoch McKenzie, and one sister, Sarah, also survive.

Mr. McKenzie was a member of St. Ambrose's Catholic Church of Cresaptown. He will be buried in the church cemetery.

Comberland, Maryland Cumberland Evening Times, Tuesday, August 2, 1927. Died Aug 2, 1927.

In 1863, Samuel enlisted as a Pvt. in Co.E, 2nd Regiment, Md. Army of the Union.
He wore a large white beard and was known as "Uncle Sam."

He died on 2 Aug 1927 in Cresaptown, Allegany Co., Maryland. Samuel S. McKenzie, 84, Civil War veteran and farmer, of near Cresaptown, died at three o'clock this morning at his home. Mr. McKenzie is survived by his wife, Alice, and by three sons, Lewis, Walter, and Gallitzin McKenzie. He is also survived by four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Hershberger, Mrs. Ira McKenzie, Mrs. Bertha Welch, and Mrs. Nellie McKenzie. One brother, Enoch McKenzie and one sister, Sarah, also survive. Mr. McKenzie was a member of St. Ambrose's Catholic Church of Cresaptown. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Cumberland Evening Times, August 2, 1927.

"Samuel S. McKenzie, 27, Allegany Co. Bachelor, farmer,. Alice Winter, 19, maid, Allegany Co., 6 May 1872." Allegany County Marriage Licenses. Per the research of Ray Leidinger.

Per the research of Col. Gabriel T. MacKenzie:

SAMUEL S. MCKENZIE SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR CO.D. 2ND. REGT FROM MARCH 06,1865 TO May 29, 1865. THIS INFO FROM COL G. T MACKENZIE'S MICRO FILM 1994.

Samuel married Alice Ann Winters on 7 May 1872 in Allegany County, Maryland. Alice (daughter of John Smith Winters and Harriett S. Sigler) was born on 14 Sep 1852 in Maryland; died on 12 Mar 1931 in Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried St. Andrews Catholic Cemetery, Cresaptown, Maryland.

Mrs. Alice A. McKenzie, 78, widow of Samuel McKenzie, died this morning at her home near Cresaptown. She is survived by three sons, Lewis, Walter, and Galitzen McKenzie, all of Cresaptown, and the following daughters: Mrs. Geo. Hershberger, Cresaptown; Mrs. John McKenzie, Montana; Mrs. Edward Weber, Cumberland; Mrs. Ira McKenzie, Cumberland, and Miss (sic) Eliza Winters, Cresaptown. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Carrie V. Grant, Cresaptown, and Mrs. Charles Winterburg, Cumberland. The funeral will take place at 9 o'clock Saturday morning with services in St. Ambrose's Catholic Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Cumberland Evening Times, Thursday, March 12, 1931.

Per the research of Ray Leidinger: "Alice Winters born 14 Sept 1852, baptized May 3, 1872, of John Winters and Henrietta Sigle of Cresaptown, Md.. Sponsor: Mary Elizabeth McKenzie. Rev. Edward Brennan."

"Samuel S. McKenzie, 27, Allegany Co. Bachelor, farmer,. Alice Winter, 19, maid, Allegany Co., 6 May 1872." Allegany County Marriage Licenses

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Paul Francis Goldsworthy

Notes:

Is buried in the St. Pater & Paul Catholic Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland.

Paul + Anna M. Helfrick. Anna was born in 1874; died in 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Is buried in the St. Pater & Paul Catholic Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland.