Margaret Ellen Pfeiffer

Family/Spouse: Richard Charles Dune. Richard died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis + Agnes Cecilia Ward. Agnes (daughter of Francis Joseph Ward and Margaret Rachel McKenzie) was born on 19 Sep 1899 in Truro, Franklin County, Ohio; died on 23 Aug 1988 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"THE HISTORY OF THE GABRIEL McKENZIE AND RACHEL BLUBAUGH FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND OHIO" by Father Homer Blubaugh:

Pfeiffer, Agnes Cecilia (Ward), born Sept.19, 1899, became an artist working in oils and painting clay dishes and vases, trimming them in gold leaf trim. Many of these pieces were done for family members and survive in excellent condition at Margaret's home. Agnes married Francis N. Pfeiffer, born ------------1891, on April18,1918, at Saint Joseph Church, LaRue, Ohio. Frank was the son of Michael and Anne Pfeiffer, Marion. Two children are born of this marriage, Maxine and Margaret Ellen. Agnes and Francis later divorce. She and her young girls then lived in the Ward family home. Agnes and her father, Frank Ward, operated a general store and gas station in Marion next to their home. The Wards at one time owned 500 acres of land near the Killdeer Wilderness Preserve north of Marion. Frank died Dec.22, 1973 and Agnes, Aug.23, 1988, with burial at Saint Mary Cemetery, Marion.

Notes:

Buried at Circleville Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio.

Francis married Margaret Rachel McKenzie on 21 Apr 1884 in Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Frankfort (near Chillicothe), Ross Co., Ohio. Margaret (daughter of James Redmond McKenzie and Sarah Ellen McKenzie) was born on 7 Jun 1862 in Wilkesville, Vinton Co., Ohio; died on 23 Aug 1946 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"THE HISTORY OF THE GABRIEL McKENZIE AND RACHEL BLUBAUGH FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND OHIO" by Father Homer Blubaugh:

Ward, Margaret Rachel (McKenzie), born June 7, 1862, named after her maternal grandmother. She is not living in the McKenzie household in June 1880, so must be elsewhere. Margaret and Frank Joseph Ward were married at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Frankfort (near Chillicothe) Ohio, by Rev. J. A. Murry on April21, 1884, and have eleven children. Frank, born Dec. 21, 1859, was the son of Patrick Ward (born 1822 in County Donegal, Ireland) and Mary Murphy (born 1828 in County Longford, Ireland). Frank died April 14, 1935, and Margaret, August23,
1946, with burial at Saint Mary Cem., Marion, Ohio. Their great grandson is Wayne Ward, 88 Summit St., Portsmouth, RI 02871. Much of the following came from the Ward Family Bible in the possession of Margaret Dune of Marion, Ohio. The Ward children are Mary Ellen (Sister Alonzo O.P.), John Redmond, James Francis, Edward Dominic, Francis Thomas, Joseph Raymond, Ivan Anthony, Agnes Cecilia Pfeiffer, Margaret S. Thomas, Loretta Gertrude and Gertrude Catherine.

Patrick + Mary Murphy. Mary was born in 1828 in County Longford, Ireland; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Most all of the information for this McKenzie branch came from "THE HISTORY OF THE GABRIEL McKENZIE AND RACHEL BLUBAUGH FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND OHIO" by Father Homer Blubaugh, and from the Ancestry.com web site of Wayne William Ward. Wayne was one of the first researchers to debunk the junk research permeating the Internet that John MacKinzie (b. 1687) (the first known ancestor of the McKenzies of Early Maryland) did not descend from Collen MacKenzie and John MacKenzie as had been represented by researchers who came before him. For more about this topic, see Chapter 5 of my book attached to the home page of the McKenzies of Early Maryland website "Why Collen MacKenzie is Not Part of This Maryland McKenzie Genealogy (i.e. the descendants of John MacKInzie (b. 1687).

NAMED AFTER A LOCAL PRIEST, FATHER James REDMOND OF CUMBERLand, MD. CATHERINE MCKENSEY AS GODMOTHER.

THE FAMILY MOVED TO Jackson TWP, PICKAWAY CO, IN 1876. HE MOVED FROM THERE TO Franklin CO WHERE THEY BOUGHT A FARM and SET UP A FAMILY MILK DELIVERY BUSINESS. THE HORSE-DRAWN MILKWAGON WAS PAINTED Black WITH THE LETTERING "J.R.MCKENZIE" PAINTED ON THE SIDE. MILK WAS CARRIED IN A LARGE CONTAINER TO THE WAGON and PEOPLE CAME TO THE WAGON WITH THEIR OWN CONTAINERS TO GET MILK. ABOUT 1893, THE MCKENZIE DAIRY BARN BURNED TO THE GROUND, THE FIRE SET BY THE CHILDREN WHO "WAS REFUSED A HORSE TO RIDE INTO TOWN". THIS WAS A TRAGIC SETBACK FOR THE FAMILY and J.R. WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER THIS TERRIBLE FINANCIAL REVERSAL. THE MILK COWS, HORSES and MILKWAGON WERE SAVED. JIM and SARAH HAD 13 CHILDREN.

Birth recorded in Western Maryland Catholics, Koch and Davidson, page 84.

Other information in the record of James R. Mckenzie
from Ohio, County Death Records
Name:James R. Mckenzie
Event Type:Death
Event Date:01 Aug 1905
Event Place:Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
Address:Fairview Ave.
Gender:Male
Age:81
Marital Status:Widowed
Race (Original):white
Occupation:farmer
Birth Year (Estimated):1824
Birthplace:Maryland
Burial Date:04 Aug 1905
Cemetery:Mt. Calvary
Father's Name:Gabriel Mckenzie
Father's Birthplace:Maryland
Mother's Name:Rachel Blivebaugh
Mother's Birthplace:Maryland
Reference ID: 1905 v 4 fn 285 , GS Film Number: 2032442 , Digital Folder Number: 004258054 , Image Number: 1750
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"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6VT-KXN : accessed 15 April 2015), Gabriel Mckenzie in entry for James R. Mckenzie, 01 Aug 1905; citing Death, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, source ID 1905 v 4 fn 285, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,032,442.

James married Sarah Ellen McKenzie on 3 Nov 1846 in Ross County, Ohio. Sarah (daughter of Caleb Sr. McKenzie and Margaret Magers) was born on 8 Oct 1831 in Knox County, Ohio; died on 24 Jul 1899 in Galena, Delaware County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"THE HISTORY OF THE GABRIEL McKENZIE AND RACHEL BLUBAUGH FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND OHIO" by Father Homer Blubaugh:

James married Sarah Ellen McKenzie on Nov.3,1846, in Ross Co. Sarah's parents were Caleb and Margaret(Magers/Majors) McKenzie. Born October 8, 1831, on March11, 1833, She was baptized in Knox Co., Ohio, probably at Saint Luke, Danville, where her father is listed on March 26,1831.

Sarah was an invalid for two years before her death of "paralysis on July24, 1899.She lived in Marion Township,
Delaware County. Her funeral was at Saint Peter's, Columbus."

The Ward Family Bible provided full names and birthdates of the McKenzie offspring: Joseph, Thomas, Francis, John, Agnes Welsh, James, Margaret Ward, Edward, Sarah (Sister Mary Alonso CSC), Samuel, Ignatius, Caleb and Mary Stecher.