Warren MacKenzie Wolfe

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Wolfe, Warren MacKenzie at the age of 91, on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Beloved husband for 65 years of Natalie Pembroke Wolfe; loving father of Allyson Blair Wolfe, Barbara Wolfe Schwarzenbach (John) of Penllyn, PA and Kimberley Christine Wolfe, of St. Petersburg, FL; dear grandfather of Alexandra, James and Kelsey; loving brother of the late Mary Manuel and Jane Wolfe; brother-in-law of Compton Pembroke (Marion); uncle, greatuncle, cousin and friend of many. Mr. Wolfe proudly served as a pilot in U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and the Korean conflict. Mr. Wolfe was a senior partner of Wolfe Nilges Nahorski, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. Services: A Memorial Service will be held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 110 North Warson Rd. at Ladue Rd., Ladue, on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. Private interment. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions appreciated to The Alzheimer's Association St. Louis Chapter, 9374 Olive Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63132 or charity of your choice . The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church. A SERVICE OF LUPTON CHAPEL

St. Louis Post Dispatch September 23 and 24, 2012

Warren married Natalie Blair Pembroke in Private. Natalie was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Allyson Wolfe was born in Private.
2. Barbara Wolfe was born in Private.
3. Kimberly Wolfe was born in Private.

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Wolfe-McKenzie – Charles Hiram Wolfe, son of Hiram B. Wolfe, meat dealer, 394 North Centre Street, and Miss Edna McKenzie of near narrows park went to the parsonage of the Centre Street M.E. Street at 9:00 Tuesday night and were married by the Rev. Joseph Dawson. The young couple were to have been married yesterday evening and a big reception had been prepared by their friends, but they were greatly surprised to learn the ceremony had been performed a day in advance. Cumberland Evening Times, Thursday, June 15, 1914

Charles H. Wolfe, 73, prominent local businessman, died Friday night at his home, 1304 Holland Street. A native of Cumberland, he was a son of the late Charles and Sarah (Hite) Wolfe. For many years he operated a meat market on North Centre Street near Bedford Street and his father and grandfather were in the meat business before him. The Wolfe family operated meat markets and slaughter houses in Cumberland for more than 100 years. Mr. Wolfe was a member of Centre Street Methodist Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. (MacKenzie) Wolfe; two daughters, Miss Jane Wolfe, at home, and Mrs. Mary Manuel, Fairfield, Calif.; a son, Warren M. Wolfe, St. Louis, and six grandchildren. The body is at the Silcox Funeral Residence where friends will be received today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Carlton M. Harris, pastor of Centre Street Methodist Church, and Rev. John F. Sammel, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Burial Park. The family requests that memorials take the form of contributions to Father Flanagan's Boys Town or the Allegany - Garrett County Heart Association. Pallbearers will be Carl Griffith, Vincent Miltenberger, Francis Stitcher, Curtis Wedd, Elwood Beachy and Charles Herriott. The Cumberland Times, May 26, 1963.

Charles married Mary Edna McKenzie on 23 Jun 1914 in Allegany County, Maryland. Mary (daughter of Charles Jacob McKenzie and Ardella Long) was born in May 1891 in LaVale, Maryland; died on 7 Feb 1975 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wolfe-McKenzie – Charles Hiram Wolfe, son of Hiram B. Wolfe, meat dealer, 394 North Centre Street, and Miss Edna McKenzie of near narrows park went to the parsonage of the Centre Street M.E. Street at 9:00 Tuesday night and were married by the Rev. Joseph Dawson. The young couple were to have been married yesterday evening and a big reception had been prepared by their friends, but they were greatly surprised to learn the ceremony had been performed a day in advance. Cumberland Evening Times, Thursday, June 15, 1914

Mrs. Mary Edna Wolfe, 83, of 1304 Holland Street, died yesterday at Memorial Hospital, shortly after being admitted. She had been in ill health the past several years. Born in LaVale, she was a daughter of the late Charles J. and Ardella (Long) MacKenzie and was the widow of Charles H. Wolfe who died in 1963. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe were owners of Wolfe's Wholesale-Retail Meat Market on North Mechanic Street. She was a member of Centre Street United Methodist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Jane Wolfe, at home, and Mrs. Mary Manuel, Fairfield, Cal.; a son, Warren M. Wolfe, St. Louis, Mo., and six grandchildren. The body is at the Silcox-Merritt Funeral Residence, where friends will be received from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. Private services will be held there Monday at 11 a.m. with Rev. John F. Sammel officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Burial Park. Pallbearers will be John M. Emerick, John E. Emerick, John Mertens, Calvin Jones, James Bishop, Dr. E. Vernon Kroll and Ellsworth Smith. The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to St. Paul's Lutheran Church or Centre Street United Methodist Church, or to Father Flanagan's Boys Town. The Cumberland News, February 8, 1975.

Hiram + Sarah Hite. Sarah died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From death certificate obtained by Don Kagle: Charles Jacob McKenzie, son of Benjamin and Margaret Boor McKenzie, born 18 May 1861, MD, died 2 Jan 1926, Cumberland., burial 4 Jan 1926, Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland.

Per the research of Ray Leidinger, Jr., Charles Jacob McKenzie was a founding member of the Park Place Methodist Church in LaVale, Allegany County, Maryland. He also owned a grocery store there. As of 1998, that building was still standing.

Marriage information per the research of Ray Leidinger, Cumberland, Maryland. All information pulled from western Maryland marriage records.

Charles Jacob McKenzie, 64 years of age, merchant at Narrows Park, National Highway and Mount Savage Road, died this morning at 6 o'clock from pneumonia. Mr. McKenzie had been in failing health for more than a year and had been confined to his room for the past five weeks. Thirty-five years ago, he started in the mercantile business on the National Highway at the property now owned by Alexander Adams; he conducted a store there for seven years, and then opened up a store at the corner of Mt. Savage Road and the National Highway, which business he conducted until his death. Mr. McKenzie was born at Cresaptown and lived in Allegany County all his life. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin McKenzie. He was prominent in church work all of his life, being at one time superintendent of the Sunday school at Cresaptown and also superintendent of the Sunday school at Park Place Methodist Episcopal Church for fourteen years. At the time of his death he was a member of that church which he materially aided in establishing and a teacher of the Bible class. He was candidate on the Progressive ticket for Clerk of the Circuit Court. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Narrows Park school. Mr. McKenzie was married twice, his first wife having been Miss Ardella Long, who died about 20 years ago. About fifteen years ago he married Miss Elizabeth Roberts, who survives him. He is also survived by one son, Franklin Guy McKenzie, Washington, D. C.; three daughters, Mrs. Helen Ardella Shaffer, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Mary Edna Wolfe, and Mrs. Emma Marguerite Little, Cumberland, and six grandchildren. He is also leaves a sister and two brothers: Mrs. Mary Martha Kear, Frostburg; John Frank McKenzie, Borden Shaft; and Ambrose McKenzie, Holyoke, Mass.

The Cumberland Evening Times, January 2, 1926
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted April 2, 2011

(The date for the McKenzie wedding is incorrect, but the info is interesting)

from Miner Recollections, published in the Cumberland Times-News on June 24, 2020:

St. Just is an ancient mining district in Penwith, Cornwall, England. In the 19th century it was the premier area for mining copper and tin. Christopher Roberts was welcomed into the little village of St. Just in January 1847 by his parents Christopher and Margaret (Tregar) Roberts. One year later Jane Boyns was born in St. Just. She was the daughter of Henry and Grace (Shakerly) Boyns.
By 1861, the town boasted a population of 9,290. Christopher II and his father, along with most of the town, were employed in the mining industry. Christopher II married Jane Boyns in 1870, in Penzace, Cornwall, amid this mining boom. Perhaps their honeymoon was celebrated on a ship crossing the Atlantic, as the newlyweds were listed on the census of Aug. 22, 1870, as living in Westernport. Christopher was still a miner, but instead of digging for copper and tin, he dug for coal. Prior to 1880, Christopher and Jane moved to Frostburg; their family had expanded to include Mary, born in 1871, Elizabeth in 1873, Christopher III in 1874, Grace in 1877, and William in 1879. With the addition of Henry in 1881 and Edith in 1884, Jane often felt that she, too, was a miner in the family as she dug through mountains of dirty laundry. Christopher and Jane were devout Christians, raising their family in the Frostburg Methodist Episcopal Church where Christopher was vice president of the Epworth League and a Sunday School teacher. During the week he labored in various mines and eventually worked his way up to foreman. His sons Christopher III and Henry were also coal miners. Around 1900, Christopher took a short hiatus from underground mining and moved his family to Cumberland where he tried his hand at farming. Perhaps he found that tilling the soil was just as labor intensive but not as lucrative as mining; it wasn’t long before the family was back in Frostburg living on Broadway. Christopher and his sons returned to mining coal; daughter Elizabeth was a teacher at Chapel Hill School in Cumberland; daughters Grace and Edith had opened a millinery shop in Frostburg. Over the next few years the family celebrated three very happy occasions. First up was the marriage of daughter Elizabeth to Charles McKenzie around 1896. Next, son Christopher III married Annie Rodda in 1902. The premier celebration, however, was the wedding of their daughter Grace in December of 1905. The city of Frostburg was buzzing with excitement; the upcoming wedding of Grace Roberts to Mr. Thomas Herbert Peele was the talk of the town. On Wednesday, Dec. 13, the Methodist Episcopal Church was decorated to the hilt; at 12:30 p.m., the sounds of Lohengrin’s Wedding March could be heard emanating from the elaborate pipe organ as Grace was accompanied down the aisle attired in a plum-colored traveling suit. After the reception, which was held at the Roberts home at 68 Broadway, the newlyweds traveled to Cumberland, took a train to Baltimore, and boarded a boat to North Carolina. They happily began setting up their new home in Rich Square, N.C., where they celebrated their first Christmas together, unaware that they would have to make an emergency return to Frostburg the next day. Christmas was also a pleasant affair for Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, who attended Christmas Eve services at the M.E. Church. The following day they opened gifts with their children and grandchildren and enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner. Mr. Roberts and son Henry retired early as they had to work the following day. The joy of the recent wedding and Christmas turned to tragedy. On Dec. 26, Mr. Roberts and son Henry left early to meet up with son Christopher for their shift at Ocean Mine No. 7 of the Consolidation Coal Company. After some time timbering the roof, they began to dig and load coal. Suddenly the roof fell, completely burying Mr. Roberts and Christopher. Henry called for help and began to dig. With the aid of several other miners, they succeeded in uncovering the two unfortunate men. They were removed to the home on Broadway, where they were examined by a physician. Mr. Roberts’ injuries were severe, having been crushed about the head, chest and legs; Christopher was badly bruised and thought to have internal injuries. Mrs. Roberts, consumed with worry, was comforted by her daughters and church family. A vigil was held at the home; neighbors brought food while others prayed. Two days later Mr. Roberts died. Christopher’s wounds eventually healed and he returned to work. Henry remained unmarried and lived at home with his mother Jane until her death in 1934. After his mother’s death Henry moved to Narrows Park in LaVale where he worked in the grocery store owned by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Charles. Sadly, tragedy continued to plague the Roberts men. Five years after the death of his mother, Henry Roberts was walking near the intersection of National Highway and Mount Savage Road in LaVale when he was struck by a car and killed instantly. On Dec. 12, 1950, Christopher III, now retired from mining, and his wife Annie left their home in Frostburg to travel to St. Petersburg, Florida, to spend the winter. They made it as far as Gore, Virginia, where they decided to spend the night. Upon awakening they noticed that it had snowed a little; they decided to travel on despite the poor weather. About a mile east of Gore the car hit a patch of ice, skidded off the road, and hit a tree. Christopher was killed instantly; Annie’s arm was broken and she had lacerations about the head, but she survived the accident. During life’s journey from St. Just to Frostburg, God and family remained in the center of the Roberts household. Like many Miner Recollections families, Christopher and Jane passed along their strength of character to their heirs.

Charles married Ardella Long on 29 Apr 1889 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Ardella (daughter of Louis E. Long and Marian Stotler) was born on 15 Sep 1868 in Allegany County, Maryland; died on 19 Jun 1904 in Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Ordella Long McKenzie, wife of Mr. C. J. Mckenzie. the well known merchant at the Narrows, died Sunday evening, aged 37 years. Death was due to pulmonary trouble, caused by a heavy cold contracted last winter. Everything possible was done to save her life, but to no avail. She was married 15 years ago and is survived by a husband and five children. The latter are as follows: Mary Edna, 13 years; Helen Ardella, 10 years; Franklin Guy, 8 years; Emma Margurette, 6 years, and Charles Edgar, 2 months old; and one sister, Mrs. Cora Adams, living at Long’s post office. The deceased was the daughter of Louis Long. She bore her suffering with true Christian fortitude. She was a number of Park Place M.E. church. The funeral will take place from the above church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with interment in Rose Hill cemetery. Rev. Mr. Parry, of Eckhart, assisted by Rev. Mr. Gill, of Martinsburg, will officiate. Cumberland Alleganian, Thursday, June 23, 1904

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W.E. Bird, Minister, presided over the wedding ceremony.

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Death of Mr. McKenzie – Mr. Franklin McKenzie, aged 81, a respected farmer of Cresaptown, died yesterday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at the residence of his son, Mr. Chas. J. McKenzie, Narrows Park, death being due to pleurisy and old age. Mr. McKenzie is survived by the following children: Charles J., grocer, of Narrows Park; Edward, Baltimore & Ohio railroad engineer; William, of the St. Louis, Mo. Fire department; Ambrose of Luke, Md.; John F. of near Borden Shaft; and Mrs. Thomas Llewellyn of Gilmore, Md. The deceased was familiarly known as Uncle Frank. He was a very earnest Methodist, and loved to attend revivals where, in singing and fervent praying, he always took a prominent role. The funeral cortege will leave the residence at 12:30 o’clock Saturday. The funeral will take place at 2:00 o’clock from the M.E. Church at Cresaptown where internment will be made. The Evening Times, Thursday, February 11, 1904

Benjiman Franklin C. McKenzie
b. October 22, 1823Allegany County, Md.
m. Mary Ann Alexander September 19, 1845Allegany County, Md
m. Margaret Boor March 19, 1857Allegany County, Md
d. February 11, 1904Allegany County, Md

Benjiman Franklin McKenzie is buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery, Cresaptown, Maryland.

Sources of Information for Benjiman Franklin McKenzie:
1) Allegany County Courthouse records;
2) St. Patrick's Catholic Church:
3) Allegany County, Maryland Census records;
4) Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland.

"Frank" McKenzie was born and raised in Allegany County, Maryland, near Cumberland, and was married twice. The records at the courthouse indicate a wedding license was issued to him and Mary Alexander on September 17, 1845. The family bible says they were married on the nineteenth, two days later. The children of this marriage were:

James Sebastian b. July 26, 1846 d. 1900-1904 Uncle Bias or Bas
Harriet Annb. Feb. 8, 1848d. January 20, 1861
John Franklinb. Feb. 4, 1850d. Aft. 1926
Mary Marthab. Dec. 28, 1852d. December 23, 1936

The Federal census of 1850 for Allegany County, Maryland taken by J. Dilley on October 25 shows B.F. McKenzie and Mary on page 151, line 28. In their household were: Sebastian 4, Harriet 3, and John F. 1 as well as Daniel Alexander 12 and James 3. Since this was Mary's maiden name, these two boys could have been her nephews or brothers.

She had another child in 1852, Martha, and when she died March 12, 1854, Frank was left to cope with their four children age 2 through 8. Three years later he married Margaret Boor. By the time the census was taken again on July 12, 1860 there were five children as Hannah had been born two years before.

The census records of 1850 and 1860 show Frank living next door to his parents, Jessie and Catherine. On Saturday, January 3, 1863, his father died. On the following Monday he was selected by the Circuit Court to be part of the Petit jury for the month of January. This was learned from an article in the Cunberland Union & Allegany County Gazette dated Saturday, January 10, 1863, Vol. I No. 17 a copy of which is in the Library of Congress. Another issue of this newspaper lists "Qualified Voters" in 1865 and Benj. F. as well as eight other McKenzie men are listed in District 6.

The census of 1870, taken on July 12, 1870 shows Frank, 49, a farmer with personal property valued at $700. Margaret was 38, James 24, John 20, Mary 18, Charles 9, William 7, Henry 5, Ida 2 and Ambrose 5/12 having been born in February. Nelson 23 was also listed in the household. He is not a son and no relationshio is mentioned. Everyone was born in Maryland, except Margaret who was born in Pennsylvania.

By June 9, 1880 apparently the three living children of Mary and Frank had their own homes. So the household included Benj. F. at 57, Margaret at 45, Charles Jacob 19, William 16, Edward 14, Ida L. 12, and Ambrose 11. Mr. McKenzie was farming, Charles was "driving team" and William "works on Ct. House". Frank had not worked for six months of the year and Charles for one month. The parents of Frank were both born in Maryland and Margaret's were born in Pennsylvania.

A page from a McKenzie Family Bible exists that lists Frank's marriages and the births of a number of his children. See "McKenzie Family Bible-Benjiman Franklin McKenzie" at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com web site.

A city directory of Cumberland, Maryland for 1985-6, a copy of which is in the Library of Congress (Stack #2) states that Benjiman F. McKenzie is a farmer in Cumberland - exclusive of Cumberland City, Barton, Frostburg, Lonaconing, Mt. Savage, Cresaptown or Western Port. There were other McKenzies at Rawlings and at Cresaptown, including Moses, Jr.

On June 18, 1900 the census was taken again and at that time Frank was 76, Margaret was 66 and the record states they had been married for forty years. With them was Annie, a 50 year old neice. Since her last name is not reported, it is assumed it was also McKenzie.

Frank and Margaret made their home in a log cabin in Cresaptown. There was a small cemetary behind it as well as a stream and there were grape arbors in the front yard. His wife bought a parcel of land next to their cabin in 1987 from the Brethern Church and at that time he was listed as a trustee of that church. His grand-daughter, Marguerite, recalls that he was a Methodist and a circuit preacher.

He had a beautiful singing vioce and at chataque meetings and at church he could be heard above all the rest. Chatque or camp meetings were held occasionally for a full day. Everyone came in their wagons, brought a picnic lunch and spent the day in the big tent with sawdust on the floors listening to the Marine Band or other music, singing and listening to speakers. Sometime's on a warm summer evening, Frank would sit outside of his home and sing and the neighbors ans passers-by stopped to enjoy it.

At Christmas time Frank and Margaret spent several weeks with their son, Charles and his family in Narrows Park. And it was there that he sang "Lord I'm Coming Home" after which he went upstairs and had a "seizure" (according to his grand-daughter Helen) and he passed away. He is buried on the grounds of the Methodist Church in Cresaptown but there is no stone and norecord. There is a relatively new church there and when it was built, some graves were moved.

Per the notes of Col. Gabriel Thornton MacKenzie, B.F. McKenzie was known as "Shouting Frank". It is interesting to note that Col. MacKenzie's research was independently from that of Ray Leidinger, yet both uncovered facts consistent with B. F.'s boisterousness.

In 1866 another Complaint was filed in the Court of Equity of Allegany County, Maryland by the heirs of Jesse McKenzie seeking the equitable partition of land left by Jesse McKenzie when he died intestate. The Complaint references the children of Jesse McKenzie, including Benjiman Franklin McKenzie, who was living on the land at the time the action was filed. The case lists all of the children of Jesse McKenzie and also notes that Jesse’s wife, Catherine had passed away in 1864. Ultimately, the land was ordered to be sold by the Court and the proceeds distributed to the various heirs.

Benjiman Franklin McKenzie's obituary reads as follows:

Death of Mr. McKenzie

Mr. Franklin McKenzie, aged 81years, a respected farmer of Cresap-
town, died yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock, at the residence of his son,
Mr. Chas. J. McKenzie, Narrows Park, death being due to pleurisy and
old age. Mr. McKenzie is survived by the following children: Charles J., grocer,
of Narrows Park; Edward, Baltimore & Ohio railroad engineer; William,
of the St. Louis, Mo. fire department; Ambrose, of Luke, Md; John F., of
near Borden Shaft, and Mrs. Thomas Llewellyn, of Gilmore, Md.
The deceased was familiarly known as Uncle Frank. He was a very earnest Methodist and loved to attend revivals where, in singing and fervent prayer he always took a prominent part. The funeral cortege will leave the res-
idence at 12:30 o’clock Saturday. Thefuneral will take place at 2 o’clock
from the M.E. church at Cresaptown, where internment will be made.

Benjamin married Margaret Boor on 19 Mar 1857 in Allegany County, Maryland. Margaret (daughter of Martin Boor and Hannah) was born on 4 May 1832 in Pennsylvania; died on 19 Nov 1908 in Near Cumberland, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See pages in the media section pertaining to Margaret Boor McKenzie.

She is buried in the Methodist Church Cemetery in Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland.

Narrows Park, Nov. 19 - Mrs. B. F. McKenzie died at the home of her son, C. J. McKenzie, at 12:45 this morning, aged 77 years. The following children survive: Mrs. T. P. Llewellyn, of Gilmore; John Frank McKenzie, of Borden Shaft; C. J. McKenzie, of Narrows Park; W. A. McKenzie, of St. Louis, Mo.; H. E. McKenzie, of Cumberland; Ambrose McKenzie, of Hamilton, O. Mrs. McKenzie was formerly a Miss Boor. The following brothers and sisters survive: John T. Boor, of Cumberland; Jacob Boor, of near Cumberland, east; Mrs. Robert Hudson, of South Cumberland; Mrs. Jacob Carpenter, of Hyndman, Pa. The funeral of Mrs. McKenzie will take place Saturday at 10 o'clock from the home of Mr. C. J. McKenzie, with service in Cresaptown M. E. Church. Interment will be made in the church cemetery. The Evening Times, Cumberland, November 19, 1908

Death Certificate available on Don Kagle's Ancestry site as well as on the McKenzies of Early Maryland web site.

Louis + Marian Stotler. Marian died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]