Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Franklin Co.

ALEXANDER R. McKEE, born March 13, 1815, in Lancaster, Garrard Co., Ky.,
was a lawyer by profession, and served as circuit and county clerk for
twenty years.  In 1854 he moved to Nashville, Tenn., and engaged in the
coal business and also in real estate.  He went as a delegate and supporter
to the National Convention in 1860, which nominated Lincoln for the
presidency.  In 1861 Lincoln appointed him United States consul at Panama
on the Isthmus, which office he held four years and was re-appointed in
1865. He died at Panama September 3, 1865.  September 27, 1842, he married
Martinette Hardin, of Franklin County, Ky., a daughter of Martin and
Elizabeth (Logan) Hardin.  The following are the names of the children
born to them: Lucy, wife of J. J. Mobley; Lizzie, wife of Howard Walcutt;
Logan; Ada, wife of J. B. Heffner; Charlotte, wife of O. S. Walcutt, and
Charles L.  Logan, the eldest son, was born March 1, 1852, and was a small
boy when his father died.  After that event the family moved back to
Frankfort, Ky., and Logan clerked in a grocery store for three years.  He
then clerked in a boot and shoe store for five years, and in 1879 went
into business for himself, dealing in boots, shoes, dry goods, etc., in
the city of Frankfort, remaining in business three years.  He was then
reporter for the Cincinnati and Louisville papers, also the Frankfort and
Lexington papers, for which he write occasionally yet.  In 1884 he was
appointed clerk to the assistant civil engineer of Kentucky for one year.
In 1885 he bought a corn meal and hominy mill in Frankfort, and has
been engaged in that business since.  He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and
K. of H., also of the encampment and Patriarch Militant Odd Fellows.  He
has passed all the chairs in the K. of H., has been representative to
the Grand Lodge three times, and at present holds the office of High
Priest.  All the family are members of the Presbyterian Church.

McKee Hardin Logan Mobley Walcutt Heffner
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Lancaster-Garrard-KY TN Panama

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