J. J. McKENZIE, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Lancaster. Owns 500 acres. Was born in Morgan Co., Ky. In the fall of 1839, he left his native place and went to Edgar Co., Ill., where he remained during the winter, and the next year, in July, 1840, came to Grant Co., where he has since lived. In the spring of 1850, he made a trip across the plains to California, where he was engaged in the mines three years. He was married in 1856, to Miss Susanna J. Halferty, a native of Richland Co., Ohio. They have three sons and two daughters - Frank, William, Ben, Kate and Fanny.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.