 1860 - 1933 (73 years)
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| Name |
Walter Josiah McKenzie |
| Birth |
8 Feb 1860 |
Woodlawn, Frostburg, Maryland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
9 Nov 1933 |
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland |
| Notes |
- HAGERSTOWN,MARYLAND -- Walter Josiah MacKenzie died suddenly at his home, 1009 Hamilton Boulevard yesterday afternoon at 3:16 o'clock of heart trouble after a brief illness, aged 73 years.
He was born and reared at Mackenzie, Allegany County, Md., the son of Gabriel Thornton Mackenzie, He was a member of St. Paul's M. E. Church, Besides his wife he is survived by the following children: Mrs J. G. Gassman, Downsville: Mrs. M. P. Molter. Jr. This city; Mrs. H Monroe Ridgeley, of Philadelphia; sons, Major G. Thorton Mackenzie, Fort Lewis,Washington State; M. Carlisle. Westminister, Md.; sisters, Mrs. C. L.Pale, Wife of Rec. Mr. Palr. , Baltimore; Mrs. J. T. Miller, Washington, D. C. ; Mrs. Harry weeks. Riverdale,Md.; Mrs. Clara McFarland, Rawlings, Md. ; one brother Ernest Mackenzie, Cumberland. Eleven grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services at the home on Monday Morning at 10:30 o'clock by Rev. Vernon N. Ridgeley assisted by Rev. J. AN. Gillum; interment in rest haven cemetery.
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Published Friday November 10,1933
The Moring Herald
Hagerstown,Maryland
The information set forth for the birthdates of Walter Josiah's children were extracted from the old family Bible of Walter Josiah McKenzie and Allie B. Loar. The information was set forth in an affidavit given by Edna Anna McKenzie on December 2, 1960. The affidavit was obtained by Col. G.T. McKenzie (Ret.) (b. 10 Feb 1892).
Also, Col. G.T. MacKenzie reported that Walter Josiah lost his left arm in a train accident when he was 26 years old.
Kenneth MacKenzie Gassman, great-grandson of Walter Josiah McKenzie, provided the following information to the author in February, 2014:
I've attached a photograph of my great grandfather, Walter Josiah McKenzie, standing at the train station (rather, a platform) at McKenzie MD (near Pinto, Cresaptown, and Cumberland MD). When the railroad was built, it bisected the Mackenzie farm. WJ said that was OK, if they would put a station stop on the farm, and honor it for 99 years (expiring sometime in the 1980s, according to family lore). Hence, there was a McKenzie MD station stop for the railroad! (Ed. note: the photograph is linked to Walter Josiah McKenzie on the McKenzies of Ealy Maryland web site.
My cousin Craig (Colflesh) and I have visited the Mackenzie farm -- stretching from Mackenzie Mountain to Mackenzie Bottom (that's the way it is shown on many maps) -- several times over the past few decades. We are both approaching 70, and we can no longer wield a weed-wacker like we did in the younger days. Fortunately, a Boy Scout troop (or someone) cleaned up the McKenzie cemetery on the farm, and it is accessible easily (when I visited in 1985, it was hidden in the woods . . . today, it is visible from the road). Craig and I most recently (2012) repaired the fence, trimmed some trees, and did some other work.
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| Person ID |
I00687 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Gabriel Thornton McKenzie, b. 14 Jul 1829, Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland d. 13 Jan 1892, Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 62 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Mary Margaret Greenwade, b. 1839, Allegany County, Maryland d. 23 Sep 1893, Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 54 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
20 Feb 1855 |
Allegany County, Maryland |
| Family ID |
F00413 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Allie B. Loar, b. 21 Oct 1867, Loartown, Maryland d. 23 May 1949, Hagerstown, Maryland (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Apr 1886 |
Allegany County, Maryland |
| Children |
| | 1. Edna Anna MacKenzie, b. 13 Jun 1887, Cumberland, Maryland d. 1 Feb 1965, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Walter Josiah McKenzie, b. 24 Dec 1888, Cumberland, Maryland d. 24 Dec 1888 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Gabriel Thornton MacKenzie, b. 10 Feb 1892, Cumberland, Maryland d. 12 Jan 1970, Miami, Dade County, Florida (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Howard Carlysle Sr. McKenzie, b. 16 Jan 1894, Cumberland, Maryland d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Hilda Euphrates MacKenzie, b. 2 May 1901, Cumberland, Maryland d. UNKNOWN [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Audrey May MacKenzie, b. 18 Dec 1905, Cumberland, Maryland d. 4 May 1997, Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F00470 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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