Bertha Frances McKinzie

Family/Spouse: James Hardesty. James died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per an email from Dawn Marie Stricker Sanders dated July 16, 2014 comes the following with respect to John McKenzie (b. 1834):

1.His death date is 22 Feb 1893. Source: St. Luke's Records 1829-early 1900's, p. 187

2.He was born 1834. 2 Sources: 1) US Census 1850 for Fayette County, Illinois. His age is 16. 2) Mustered in 2 Nov 1861, age 27. Interesting note about his service--he was absent from duty due to illness (chronic diarrhea), but the reason for the absence wasn't known and he was charged with desertion. The charge was later dropped. I just received his service records.

3.Sometime between the 1850 census in Illinois and his marriage in 1860, he moved back to Knox County, Ohio. It appears that some of his brothers may have also moved back.. It is true that his father, Gabriel D. stayed in Illinois and is buried in Effingham county, Illinois.

4.Buried: 27 Dec 1893. He is buried in the Soldier Section of St. Luke's Cemetery. (Ed. Note: St. Luke's Catholic Church, Danville, Know County, Ohio).

5.I will forward the response to my email inquiry to St. Lukes regarding both John W. McKenzie and Charlotte "Charity" Critchfield. There is an explanation about death and burial. I'm hoping to get his grave registered with the Veteran's Project in Ohio.

6.His wife is Charlotte "Charity" Critchfield. I cannot as yet locate her parents. I'm going to expand my search for her parents to counties surrounding Knox, as there is evidence that John Critchfield (rev war) settled in Holmes County. I'll check there first, before chasing down the Critchfields who went to NC.

7.She was born in 1843. Source: US Census 1870 for Howard Twp., Knox, Ohio She states her age is 27 and born in Ohio.

8.She died 27 Dec 1900. Source: St. Luke's Records 1829-early 1900's. p. 188

9.Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958, online database at familysearch.org Marriage Date: 1 Feb 1860; Charity's father was dead, but mother gave her permission to marry. Knox county, Ohio

Also, the following with respect to John's grave and that of his wife:




-----Original Message-----
From: St. Luke Church
To: homesand8
Sent: Wed, Jul 9, 2014 3:10 pm
Subject: RE: McKenzie / Critchfield
Dawn,

According to an index of deaths and burials, John McKenzie was buried Feb. 24, 1893. He was 58 years old. It does not give a burial location.
There is a listing for Charity McKenzie, buried Dec. 27, 1900, age 57. No burial location given.

In the back of this notebook, is a section for Veterans. John McKenzie is listed – Born 1834 per Roster – Died – Buried 2-24-1893, Army private, Co. K, 43rd O.V.I., Civil War, In service Nov. 2, 1861-March 3, 1862? (question mark following year) To the right of the listing it has Row 13, Gr. 38

There is a map of the old section hanging in the office identifying veterans & he is listed there, row 13, grave 38.

Eric Stutz is our caretaker. I talked to him. He cannot identify the graves. The inscriptions are very worn.

Sandy

________________________________________
From: homesand8@aol.com [mailto:homesand8@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 8:26 PM
To: stluke@ecr.net
Subject: McKenzie / Critchfield

Hi there,

I am researching my family. I have a copy of Koch's "St. Luke's Records 1829-early 1900's. There are two entries for deaths that I am writing about to ask if they are buried in your cemetery:

Page 187: 24 Feb 1893 John McKenzie 59 yr. He was a Civil War Veteran.

Page 188: 27 Dec 1900 Charlotte Charity Critchfield McKenzie 58 yr

I'm fairly certain that this John is her husband. There is a Civil War Widow Pension claim dated 8 Sept 1893. I am hoping to visit the cemetery in a couple of weeks, and would like to identify their graves if possible. Is there a care taker whom I could contact to find out if they are interred there?

Thanks so much for your time,

Dawn Sanders

In another email from Dawn Sanders on Luly 18, she states:

Mike,

John's middle initial "W" appears on his Civil War records and the pension record that names Charity as his widow. Wish I knew what it stands for. I am going to look for a will in Knox County Mon/Tues during my research visit. I plan to send docs to you sometime, soon

Dawn

John + Charlotte (Charity) Critchfield. Charlotte was born on 7 Jun 1843 in Ohio; died on 27 Dec 1900 in Danville, Knox County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per an email from Dawn Marie Stricker Sanders dated July 16, 2014 comes the following with respect to John McKenzie (b. 1834):

1.His death date is 22 Feb 1893. Source: St. Luke's Records 1829-early 1900's, p. 187

2.He was born 1834. 2 Sources: 1) US Census 1850 for Fayette County, Illinois. His age is 16. 2) Mustered in 2 Nov 1861, age 27. Interesting note about his service--he was absent from duty due to illness (chronic diarrhea), but the reason for the absence wasn't known and he was charged with desertion. The charge was later dropped. I just received his service records.

3.Sometime between the 1850 census in Illinois and his marriage in 1860, he moved back to Knox County, Ohio. It appears that some of his brothers may have also moved back.. It is true that his father, Gabriel D. stayed in Illinois and is buried in Effingham county, Illinois.

4.Buried: 27 Dec 1893. He is buried in the Soldier Section of St. Luke's Cemetery. (Ed. Note: St. Luke's Catholic Church, Danville, Know County, Ohio).

5.I will forward the response to my email inquiry to St. Lukes regarding both John W. McKenzie and Charlotte "Charity" Critchfield. There is an explanation about death and burial. I'm hoping to get his grave registered with the Veteran's Project in Ohio.

6.His wife is Charlotte "Charity" Critchfield. I cannot as yet locate her parents. I'm going to expand my search for her parents to counties surrounding Knox, as there is evidence that John Critchfield (rev war) settled in Holmes County. I'll check there first, before chasing down the Critchfields who went to NC.

7.She was born in 1843. Source: US Census 1870 for Howard Twp., Knox, Ohio She states her age is 27 and born in Ohio.

8.She died 27 Dec 1900. Source: St. Luke's Records 1829-early 1900's. p. 188

9.Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958, online database at familysearch.org Marriage Date: 1 Feb 1860;

From: St. Luke Church
To: homesand8
Sent: Wed, Jul 9, 2014 3:10 pm
Subject: RE: McKenzie / Critchfield
Dawn,

According to an index of deaths and burials, John McKenzie was buried Feb. 24, 1893. He was 58 years old. It does not give a burial location.
There is a listing for Charity McKenzie, buried Dec. 27, 1900, age 57. No burial location given.

In the back of this notebook, is a section for Veterans. John McKenzie is listed – Born 1834 per Roster – Died – Buried 2-24-1893, Army private, Co. K, 43rd O.V.I., Civil War, In service Nov. 2, 1861-March 3, 1862? (question mark following year) To the right of the listing it has Row 13, Gr. 38

There is a map of the old section hanging in the office identifying veterans & he is listed there, row 13, grave 38.

Eric Stutz is our caretaker. I talked to him. He cannot identify the graves. The inscriptions are very worn.

Sandy

________________________________________
From: homesand8@aol.com [mailto:homesand8@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 8:26 PM
To: stluke@ecr.net
Subject: McKenzie / Critchfield

Hi there,

I am researching my family. I have a copy of Koch's "St. Luke's Records 1829-early 1900's. There are two entries for deaths that I am writing about to ask if they are buried in your cemetery:

Page 187: 24 Feb 1893 John McKenzie 59 yr. He was a Civil War Veteran.

Page 188: 27 Dec 1900 Charlotte Charity Critchfield McKenzie 58 yr

I'm fairly certain that this John is her husband. There is a Civil War Widow Pension claim dated 8 Sept 1893. I am hoping to visit the cemetery in a couple of weeks, and would like to identify their graves if possible. Is there a care taker whom I could contact to find out if they are interred there?

Thanks so much for your time,

Dawn Sanders

Notes:

Buried in St. Bonaventure Cemetery, Loudon TWP, Fayette County, Illinois.

Gabriel McKenzie and Anna Nancy Logue

Children: Benjamin Francis, baptized 8 November 1829
Nathan, baptized 10 March 1833
Lewis, baptized 18 January 1837
Catherine Margaret, born 22 September 1838
Isabella, baptized 4 June 1848

All information is from records of St. Luke's Catholic Church, Danville, Knox Co.,
Ohio, 1829-1909, compiled by Richard Koch and Phyllis Davidson, and published in 2001.

Other sources of information: Ray Leidinger, Cumberland, Maryland. His notes reflect that he acquired the information in his possession circa 1958 from Lena Logue Schmeiter, who sent it to Mrs. Ruth McKenzie who sent it to Barbara Mckenzie. He also obtained information from Bobbie Holt McKenzie.

Additional information from Find-a-Grave:

Birth: Dec. 22, 1801
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Death: Feb. 15, 1884
Moccasin
Effingham County
Illinois, USA

Gabriel was the son of Gabriel McKenzie and Ann Maddox. He married 29 Apr 1824 Nancy (Ann) Logue. They were the parents of 12 children: Aaron, Honora, Benjamine Francis, Susanna, Jester, Nathan, John, Lewis (Louis), Gabriel, Catharine Margaret "Kate", Isabella and Rebecca Jane McKenzie.

Burial:
Saint Bonaventure Cemetery
Saint Elmo
Fayette County
Illinois, USA

Created by: Beverly Sweeney / Christ...
Record added: Nov 26, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 16792332

Gabe Mckinsie
United States Census, 1880
Name:Gabe Mckinsie
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1880
Event Place:Moccasin, Effingham, Illinois, United States
Gender:Male
Age:80
Marital Status:Widowed
Race:White
Race (Original):W
Occupation:Retired Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household:Other
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Other
Birth Year (Estimated):1800
Birthplace:Maryland, United States
Father's Birthplace:Maryland, United States
Mother's Birthplace:Maryland, United States
Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number:T9
Affiliate Film Number:0205
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
Lewis MckinsieSelfM42Ohio, United States
Amanda MckinsieWifeF42Illinois, United States
Benjamin MckinsieSonM21Illinois, United States
Nansie MckinsieDaughterF14Illinois, United States
Wilson MckinsieSonM12Illinois, United States
Charles MckinsieSonM10Illinois, United States
Agnes MckinsieDaughterF8Illinois, United States
Melissa MckinsieDaughterF5Illinois, United States
Gabe MckinsieOtherM80Maryland, United States
Edward MckinsieSonM18Illinois, United States
Lewis MckinsieSonM3Illinois, United States

Gabriel Mc Kinzy
United States Census, 1870
Name:Gabriel Mc Kinzy
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1870
Event Place:Illinois, United States
Gender:Male
Age:70
Race:White
Race (Original):W
Birth Year (Estimated):1799-1800
Birthplace:Maryland
Page Number:14
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
Gabriel Mc KinzyM70Maryland
Nancy Mc KinzyF67Maryland
Rebecah Mc KinzyF20Illinois
Household ID: 96 , Line Number: 35 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M593 , GS Film number: 000545718 , Digital Folder Number: 004262972 , Image Number: 00417

Gabiel Mc Kinsey
United States Census, 1860
Name:Gabiel Mc Kinsey
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1860
Event Place:Town 8 N R 4 E, Effingham, Illinois, United States
Gender:Male
Age:58
Race:White
Birth Year (Estimated):1802
Birthplace:Md
Page:133
Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number:M653
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
Gabiel Mc KinseyM58Md
Nancy Mc KinseyF57Md
Rebeca J Mc KinseyF10Ills
Household ID: 944 , GS Film Number: 803176 , Digital Folder Number: 004213442 , Image Number: 00707
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Gabriel Mckinsey
United States Census, 1850
Name:Gabriel Mckinsey
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1850
Event Place:Fayette county, Fayette, Illinois, United States
Gender:Male
Age:47
Race:White
Birth Year (Estimated):1803
Birthplace:Maryland
House Number:30
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
Gabriel MckinseyM47Maryland
Nancy MckinseyF47Maryland
Francis MckinseyM21Ohio
John MckinseyM16Ohio
Lewis MckinseyM14Ohio
Catherine M MckinseyF12Ohio
Rebecca I MckinseyF0Illinois
Household ID: 30 , Line Number: 33 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 106 , GS Film Number: 7679 , Digital Folder Number: 004193355 , Image Number: 00112

The following information was received by the author from Robert (Bob) McKenzie in June, 2016:

Notes for GABRIEL MCKENZIE:

As a matter of record, this Gabriel McKenzie, his brother Aaron, and two of their sisters, Catherine and Elizabeth, married four members of the Daniel and Honora (Logsdon) Logue family. Catherine married Ralph E. Logue, Elizabeth married John Smith Logue, Aaron married Mary E. Logue, and Gabriel married Nancy Logue. By the time Honora (Logsdon) Logue and Daniel Logue died, she in 1844 and he in 1851, Elizabeth (McKenzie) Logue had also died, and John Smith Logue had remarried. In select papers regarding the estate of Daniel Logue, both Mary (Logue) McKenzie and Nancy (Logue) McKenzie are mentioned. This information appears in John H. Doty's "Pioneer Families of Colonial America," Copyright 1977, on pages 188, 202-203.

From the legal description of real estate mentioned in estate papers of Gabriel McKenzie's son Lewis McKenzie, Gabriel and Nancy (Logue) McKenzie were grantors of "the North West Quarter of the North West Quarter of Sec 19, Township 8, North Range 4, East of the 3rd P.M., containing 45 and 90/100 acres through a warranty" to Lewis McKenzie and his wife Normanda (Logue) McKenzie, the grantees. This particular land is located near Moccasin, IL.

For those who enjoy family stories, one legend exists that Gabriel would walk from his farm house near Moccasin to Effingham every year to pay his real estate taxes. On his last trip, it is said that he only made it part of the way and was forced to rest. Eventually, he was brought home by some neighbors. Legend also has it that he regularly walked from his farm near Moccasin to Saint Bonaventure Church, three miles north of St. Elmo, IL., so that he could attend Mass. Seemingly, Gabriel was a religious person. In the entry made of his death and burial on February 17, 1884, on page 160 of Volume I of the parish records for St. Bonaventure now maintained at St.Clare's Church in Altamont, IL, the priest at that time wrote, "Today, I buried Gabriel McKensey. He was a very pious man."

Gabriel died on February 15, 1884, and one assumes that he is buried in the St. Bonaventure Cemetery, next to the church he loved to attend. In an obituary prepared about Gabriel's son Lewis McKenzie, the journalist at that time related that another of Gabriel's sons, John McKenzie, was the very first person to be buried in St. Bonaventure Cemetery. Regrettably, no markers indicate the location of either person's grave. Gabriel's wife preceded him in death a little over 5 years earlier.

Gabriel married Nancy Ann Logue on 29 Apr 1824 in St. Luke's Catholic Church, Danville, Knox County, Ohio. Nancy (daughter of Daniel Logue and Honora (Oner) Logsdon) was born on 16 Mar 1803 in Allegany County, Maryland; died on 14 Dec 1878 in Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: Mar. 16, 1803
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Death: Dec. 14, 1878
Effingham
Effingham County
Illinois, USA

Nancy was the daughter of Daniel Logue and Honora Logsdon. She married 29 Apr 1824 Gabriel McKenzie. They were the parents of 12 children: Aaron, Honora, Benjamin Francis, Susanna, Jester, Nathan, John, Lewis, Gabriel, Catharine Margaret, Isabella and Rebecca Jane McKenzie.
Gabriel is buried at St. Bonaventure, Fayette Co., IL.

Burial:
Saint Anthony Cemetery
Effingham
Effingham County
Illinois, USA

Created by: Beverly Sweeney / Christ...
Record added: Dec 01, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 16872378

The following information was received by the author from Robert (Bob) McKenzie in June, 2016:

Notes for NANCY LOGUE:
Obituary
Effingham Democrat (Effingham, IL) Thursday, December 19, 1878

"An old lady, named McKenzie, who was visiting a daughter here died suddenly Saturday morning. She also has relations living near Moccasin. Her remains were buried Sunday afternoon at the Catholic cemetery."

About Nancy (Logue) McKenzie, very little of any factual nature is known other than her ancestry. However, in terms of family stories, according to the late Lewis Rhodes, his great-grandmother Nancy once owned a pet cow that allowed no one but this woman to milk her. From a family story that Lewis often heard, at one time his great-grandmother Nancy became ill. Apparently, the cow would not cooperate and allow anyone to milk her. It was quickly decided that Lewis's mother, Nancy (McKenzie) Rhodes, grandaughter of Nancy Logue McKenzie, should put on her grandmother's clothes, and then the cow, recognizing the scent of its owner, would hopefully permit Mrs. Rhodes to milk her. As a joke on the cow, the deception evidently worked until Nancy (Logue) McKenzie recovered sufficiently to resume her daily task.

Nancy (Logue) McKenzie died on Saturday, December 14, 1878. According to the vital statistics cards at the Effingham IL County Court House, she died at approximately 7:00 a.m. at 74 years, 8 months, 19 days; the cause of her death was typhoid fever.

Records at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Effingham reveal that Anna McKeansey, whose husband was Gabriellis McKeansey, was buried from St. Anthony on December 15, 1878.

Notes:

Josephine (Jody) Moeller, Saint Charles, Illinois (jmoeller@inil.com) has compiled much information on this important early Fayette County family.

Josephine's information substantially updates what was published in Fayette Facts, Vol. 3, No. 4, pages 62-63 (1974), taking the family back an additional two generations, and forward . . .

The McKenzie family came to Fayette County with the Ohio migration of LOGUE and DURBIN families. Josephine writes, "To me, the preponderance of the evidence suggests that our Gabriel (1758-1832) was the son of Gabriel McKenzie(1715 - 1793) and Sarah Durbin. The most telling evidence is the Maryland Tax List of 1783 which shows a second Gabriel as a bachelor, on a different page, from the rest of the family.

Additional information from Ann Stansbarger:

The best record for Gab'l Jr. is the 1783 Tax Assessment for Washington County, Maryland. This assessment is broken into two separate sections: Heads of Household and Bachelors. These sections are recorded on two separate pages of the list.

Heads of Household:
Gabriel
Daniel
Aaron
Samual

Bachelors:
Gabriel Jr.

More from Ann Stansbarger dated January, 2010:

Mike

I can't believe I'm still up and it is 2:30 in the am. I'm reading the documents on your website (ed. note website would be Michael McKenzie's Mckenzies of Early Maryland website - www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com). I noticed something very interesting.

In your Sources section, under Gabriel McKenzie, you have a paragraph which describes two land transactions for the year 1792. In the first, Gabriel and his wife cleared up a problem with the release of her dower rights on 25 April 1792. You have a copy of this document in your media section. Gabriel and his wife both sign this document with their marks. In the second transaction, as described below, Gabriel sells his Lot 3365 to Peter Majors on 16 May 1792, which is less than one month later.......But this is not the same Gabriel.

If you look closely at your Media items 117, 118, and 119, this document clearly say "Gabriel Jr." His mark is also different than that of his father. Also, note there is no mention of Sarah in this document. This is Gabriel's son, the same Gabriel Jr. who was a bachelor in the 1783 tax assessment. Your Media items 120 and 121 from 1803, however, say simply "Gabriel." I believe Gabriel Senior died in that period of three weeks between 25 April and 16 May 1792.

Your paragraph says: "One of the last known land transactions involving Gabriel McKenzie occurred in connection with a patent he received for land west of Fort Cumberland on which he had settled. In November 2010, Michael McKenzie of Mt. Savage, Maryland provided the author with a copy of the patent issued by the State of Maryland to Gabriel McKenzie. According to Michael, the patent was difficult to locate because the property actually was patented to Peter Mayors (Majors) on May 23, 1803, although the patent itself reflects that the property was surveyed for Gabriel McKinsey..(18) Per the documents, Gabriel [this is Gabriel Jr. not Gabriel] appeared before the Honorable Andrew Bruce, one of the Justices of the Peace of Allegany County, Maryland on May 16, 1792 and conveyed the fifty acres of land comprising lot number 3365 to Peter Mayors (Majors). The lot was described as being in the “reserved land west of Fort Cumberland”. Then on May 17, 1803, another document signed by Thomas Harwood, Jr. acknowledged and swore that “Gabriel Mckinsey, a settler westward of Fort Cumberland paid the purchase money for lot 3365”. Yet another unsigned document associated with this entire group of documents states that “Gabriel McKinney settler on Lot 3365 assigned to Peter Mayors (Majors) Patent to Peter Majors the 23rd May 1803”. This last document is a little confusing in that it could be interpreted that Gabriel was still alive in 1803 and was once again acknowledging that he was assigning lot 3365 to Majors so that he could obtain his patent. Since it is assumed by researchers that Gabriel was born abt. 1715, he would have been 88 years old in 1803 if he was still alive and capable of assigning the property to Peter Majors."

I don't want to speculate on how it happened that Gabriel Jr. was able to sell his father's land. The legal ramifications of that are beyond me. But it appears that he did just that.

Also, I noticed that Media item 162 (Lot Map with Settler's Names, 1800) has an error in the lot numbers for Peter Majors and Gabriel McKenzie. The other Lot Maps are correct. I know that you didnt annotate this particular map, but I thought you might want to know because it has the settler's names on it. Lot 3365 is the verticle triangle. The upside down triangle to the left of it, marked "Peter Majors Lot 3365," should say "Lot 3376." Since this map is dated 1800, I'm assuming Peter Major's name should be on Lot 3365, in lieu of Gabriel McKenzie's name.

I think these deeds combined with the tax rolls conclusively prove that gabriel, Jr. was the son of Gabriel (b. 1715)

Ann

Gabriel appears to be listed in the 1793 Allegany Tax Record -- Wills Town, as follows, along with his brothers Samuel, Daniel and Aaron.

Daniel
Aaron
Gabriel
Jessee
Samuel
John

Gabriel + Ann Maddox. Ann was born in St. Mary's Maryland; died in UNKNOWN in Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information is from Pioneer Families of Colonial America by Mary Ann Doty Rizzo, Volume 2-223-24. They lived in Know County, Ohio. Daniel Logue was one of the founders of St. Luke's Catholic Church in Danville, Ohio. He may have been the son of John Logue instead of James Logue.

Daniel married Honora (Oner) Logsdon on 2 Sep 1795 in Allegany County, Maryland. Honora (daughter of Rapheal (Ralph) Logsdon and Mary Durbin) was born about 1774 in Willstown, Allegany County, Maryland; died in 1844 in Danville, Knox County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

nformation is from Pioneer Families of Colonial America by Mary Ann Doty Rizzo, Volume 2-230. On 13 Jan 1819 in Knox County, Ohio, Daniel Logue and Honora Logue (Logsdon) his wife, sold to John Witt of Allegany County, Maryland her 1/6th interest in the estate of Ralph (Ralphael) Logsdon for $450.00.