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Willard Leslie MCDOWELL⁽¹⁰⁷⁰⁾ was born on 2 Oct 1903 in Newton, Harvey Co, Ks. He died on 7 Mar 1997 in San Fernando, Los Angeles, Ca. Parents: Frank Wilmott MCDOWELL and Rosalee LEEBRICK.

Colonel MCFADDEN Of Lewisburg, Pa

Delia MCFARLAND⁽⁵⁶⁷⁾. Parents: John MCFARLAND and Jane VOILS.

John MCFARLAND⁽⁵⁶⁷⁾.

Children were: Delia MCFARLAND, Tippie MCFARLAND.

Tippie MCFARLAND⁽⁵⁶⁷⁾. Parents: John MCFARLAND and Jane VOILS.

MCGARRAHAN ⁽¹¹⁸⁸⁾.

MCGEE ⁽⁷⁰⁷⁷⁾.

William B MCGILVARY⁽⁷⁰⁷⁸⁾ was born in 1822.

Elizabeth MCGLATHERY.

Mary MCGLOUGHLIN⁽⁷⁰⁷⁹⁾ was born about 1725 in Ireland.

She was married to James MCCALLISTER on 27 Jan 1746 in Philadelphia, Pa.⁽⁷⁰⁸⁰⁾ Children were: Thomas MCCALLISTER, Richard MCCALLISTER, John MCCALLISTER, Edward MCCALLISTER, James MCCALLISTER, Garrett MCCALLISTER, Hannah MCCALLISTER, Mary MCCALLISTER.

Andrew Elder MCHENRY⁽⁵⁴⁶⁾ was born in Nov 1808. He was buried in Jan 1888 in New Salem Cemetary, Boone Co, Mo. He died on 21 Jan 1888 in Boone Co, MO. Debbie cites: Boone Co Mo cemetery records, 1850 and 1870 Boone Co Mo Census, Cedar Twp, pg 30.

He was married to Frances Ballew HUBBARD on 7 Jul 1832 in Madison Co, KY. Children were: John H MCHENRY, Nancy Ann MCHENRY, Mary E MCHENRY, Celia J MCHENRY, Martha F MCHENRY.

Celia J MCHENRY⁽⁵⁴⁶⁾ Parents: Andrew Elder MCHENRY and Frances Ballew HUBBARD .

John H MCHENRY⁽⁵⁴⁶⁾ Parents: Andrew Elder MCHENRY and Frances Ballew HUBBARD .

Martha F MCHENRY⁽⁵⁴⁶⁾ was born in 1850 in Boone Co, MO. Parents: Andrew Elder MCHENRY and Frances Ballew HUBBARD.

Mary E MCHENRY⁽⁵⁴⁶⁾ Parents: Andrew Elder MCHENRY and Frances Ballew HUBBARD .

Nancy Ann MCHENRY⁽⁵⁴⁶⁾ Parents: Andrew Elder MCHENRY and Frances Ballew HUBBARD .

Dale MCINTOSH

James MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁸¹⁾.

Children were: Miriam MCKEE, Mary Charlotte MCKEE, Margaret MCKEE, John Lapsley MCKEE, Samuel MCKEE, James Finley MCKEE.

James Finley MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁸²⁾. Parents: James MCKEE and Mary C LAPSLEY.

John Lapsley MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁸³⁾. Parents: James MCKEE and Mary C LAPSLEY.

Margaret MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁸⁴⁾. Parents: James MCKEE and Mary C LAPSLEY.

Mary Charlotte MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁸⁵⁾. Parents: James MCKEE and Mary C LAPSLEY.

Mary Polly Wear MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁸⁶⁾ was born on 20 Nov 1783. Parents: Capt., Col., William MCKEE and Miriam WEAR.

She was married to John Armstrong LAPSLEY on 10 Aug 1805. Children were: Mary Jane LAPSLEY, Miriam LAPSLEY, Amanda LAPSLEY, Priscilla Ann LAPSLEY, Joseph LAPSLEY, William M LAPSLEY, John LAPSLEY, Samuel LAPSLEY, Robert LAPSLEY, James LAPSLEY, David Nelson LAPSLEY.

Miriam MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁸⁷⁾ Parents: James MCKEE and Mary C LAPSLEY.

Robert A MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁸⁸⁾.

Samuel MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁸⁹⁾. Was in the Federal Army as Colonel of the First Kentucky Regiment, and was killed at Mirfreesboro, Tennessee. Parents: James MCKEE and Mary C LAPSLEY.

Capt., Col., William MCKEE⁽⁷⁰⁹⁰⁾ died on 8 Oct 1816 in Kentucky. Fought in the Revolutionary War. Came to America from Ireland in 1725, when a babe of one year, moved to Virginia in 1745 and to Kentucky in 1793.

Children were: Mary Polly Wear MCKEE .

Amanda MCKISSICK⁽⁷⁰⁹¹⁾ was born on 9 Jul 1849 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷⁰⁹²⁾ She died on 20 Oct 1849 in Fremont Co, Ia. Died of Pneumonia. She was buried on 20 Oct 1849 in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Fremont Co, Ia. Parents: Cornelius Washington MCKISSICK and Hannah Francis CHANEY.

Anna MCKISSICK⁽⁷⁰⁹³⁾ Anna was a teacher. Parents: Daniel Pinckney MCKISSICK Jr. and Mary J WEEDIN.

Bertha MCKISSICK (Private). Parents: John William MCKISSICK and Della E. SWAN.

Birtha Fern MCKISSICK⁽⁷⁰⁹⁴⁾ was born on 3 Oct 1883 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia. She died on 4 Oct 1884 in Washington Twp, Fremont, Ia. She died after having Dyptheria. She also had scarlet fever and was getting over it at the time of her death. She was buried on 4 Oct 1884 in Utterback Cemetery, Fremont Co, Ia. Parents: William Alexander "Alex" MCKISSICK and Ruth UTTERBACK .

Clyde Devere MCKISSICK⁽⁷⁰⁹⁵⁾ was born on 25 Feb 1903 in Riverton, Fremont Co, Ia. He died on 17 Mar 1903 in Riverton, Fremont Co, Ia. Died of Brochial Pneumonia. He was buried on 17 Mar 1903 in Riverton Cemetery, Fremont Co, Ia. Parents: Edward Cornelius MCKISSICK and Nora Abigail "Abbie" WYNN.

Cornelius Washington MCKISSICK⁽⁷⁰⁹⁶⁾ was born on 19 Apr 1816 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co, Tn.⁽⁷⁰⁹⁷⁾ He appeared on the census on 2 Jul 1860 in Madison Twp, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷⁰⁹⁸⁾ Farmer He appeared on the census on 14 Jun 1870 in Hamburg, Fremont County, Ia.⁽⁷⁰⁹⁹⁾ He appeared on the census in Jul 1880 in Hamburg, Fremont County, Ia.⁽⁷¹⁰⁰⁾ He appeared on the census in 1885 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹⁰¹⁾ He was buried in 1893 in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹⁰²⁾ He died on 27 Mar 1893 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia. He was a Farmer between 1850 and 1860 in Fremont County, Iowa. Cornelius had a field of 40 acres in the SW1/4 of S19 which cornered with his field of 67 acres in S20. He died on 27 Mar 1893 in Madison, Fremont, Iowa. Cornelius had been ill all winter from a cancer on his face. He was very low, and unable to take any, but liquid nourishment during his last few days. He died on Monday morning. The funeral services at Mt. Olive Church on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. He died at the age of 76 years 11 months 8 days. Both Cornelius and Hannah lived with their son James when they died. He was buried on 29 Mar 1893 in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Fremont County, Iowa. Cornelius McKissick settled in a area east of present day Hamburg which became known as McKissick's Grove. {Postoffice, 1851-69} Inside McKissick Grove there were two settlements, one was French and the other was Mormon, They were used as a resting place before the move westward. When a cemetery was begun, it was called McKissick's then Farmer's (after Thomas Farmer who first owned the land) and finally, Mt. Olive. The first burial record was that of Mrs. Freeman, said to be the wife of a hired hand, who died in 1845. A church called "Nishnabotna Church" was built next to the cemetery in 1845. Reports have it that the first Baptist church built in this area was on land next to the cemetery, so it could be the same. Later, the church became "McKissick Grove Presbyterian Church". For a time the land was in Missouri. Then in 1848, surveyors moved the Missouri line south and the McKissick Grove community became a part of Iowa and with it the cemetery. Mt. Olive is still in use and cared for be the Mt. Olive Cemetery Association. New additions were acquired in 1926 and in 1974. When he was eighteen months of age he moved, with his father's family, to Saline County, Missouri, remaining five and a half years, when he moved to Clay county, Missouri, remaining until 1840. He was one of the first settler in the timber three mile east of Hamburg, Iowa, latter to be called McKissick Grove. The first settler in Fremont County, Iowa was Major Stephen Cooper. He settle there in the spring of 1836, by a permit from the Government to carry on farming for the Pottawattamie Indians. He represented Holt County, Missouri, in the Missouri Legislature, in the year 1842. His claim was sold in 1843 to Captain Whitehead. He stayed till the establishment of the boundary between Missouri and Iowa. In 1848 it was sold to James Knoxsen {Knox}. The next two settlers is order, were A. J. Singleton, who settled on the south side of Pleasant Grove. In March, 1840, C. W. McKissick, came to what is now Madison Township and homesteaded a farm there. A year later, two of his brothers, Jacob and Pinckney came and settled on adjoining homesteads. This settlement became known as McKissick Grove. Cornelius and Jacob came near to losing their lives a number of times while defending their claims. Later two other McKissick brothers, Daniel and William, came and a sister Mrs. Jane Fletcher. Mrs. McKissick came in 1841. Others that came and settled were John Cooper, Major English, Fugetts {Fugitt}, Cowles all settling in McKissick Grove. Acords, Scotts, Hunsackers, Loveladys, Buckmans, Richards settled near Singleton in Pleasant Grove. The McKissick brothers acquired a large tract of land near the Missouri River which is known as McKissick Island and this and the accretions have made a sizable and controversial piece of property. The earliest proven dates recorded for Madison Township is as follows:
1840 - Jacob McKissick, farmer and stockmen,
1840 - C. W. McKissick, farmer, 10 children.
1844 - William A. McKissick, farmer, 3 children
1845 - John McKissick, farmer, 4 children
1845 - John McKissick was born. James and Nancy Parman, farmers.
1847 - Townson Fugitt, farmer, 9 children
1849 - The following is a list of farm land entries filed at the Iowa land office for land in this township; first was David M. English, followed by Samorie, Seabo, Trudo, Graivremond, Merriville, Farmer, Bollman, Calkins, Pearman, Daniel McKissick, Jacob McKissick, Spidle, Buncker, Argyle, and Finley.
1852 - James F. McKissick, mechanic, 1 child.
1852 - James McKissick was born.
An Iowa-Missouri boundary dispute was settled in 1851, when the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of Iowa. Cornelius was one of two men appointed Judges to preside over the hearings which later settled the boundary. When this was settled a part of the land that was once in Clay County, Missouri was divided and claimed by Kansas the piece of land then became Doniphan County, Kansas. The following was taken from "Some Bits of Early History" written by Mr. Charles Thiessen and printed in the Reporter in 1934: Cornelius McKissick and Giles Cowles are the two outstanding men among the pioneers of this section and their influence upon the affairs of this section in an early day are more or less known, and while little has been recorded, yet it is enough to show the impress of their influence for law and order, although sometimes it was necessary to take the law in their own hands. This was never done as the head of a mob, but rather in a single-handed manner, when they went after "their man" as was necessary in those times. They were outstanding characters in the community and could always be depended upon in time of stress, and always on the right side. Cornelius McKissick was a dead shot with pistol or rifle, and this was known to all who lived in these parts. Cowles and McKissick were after a couple of horse thieves sometime in the '40's, and had them located near where the pop factory now stands. Cowles had winged his man, but McKissick was a bit slow in covering his man, and Cowles kept urging him to get his flintlock going before the other man could shoot. McKissick, in his slow, easy manner, said there was no hurry, and turned to spit. Cowles saw thing were getting a bit too hot, so shot the other horse thief. The law in those days was "get your man" and while McKissick was very deliberate he was man to be feared when he had a gun in his hands. Bushwhackers were out for a thrill in those days much as our present day bandits of today, and their thrill came partly from stealing horses, which added the feature of profit as well. McKissick always kept his guns ready, and tried them out every day, his usual practice being to shoot squirrels out of the trees with is pistol. Once word was sent to McKissick that a gang was coming out to get him. When asked what he thought about it, he just laughed, remarking, "they know better then to come, for they know two or three will not come back." To enter a country so wild and engage in its settlement rewuired not only a willing heart, but the ability to do and dear. The best acres and beautiful forests of Fremont County meant arduous to those who came to claim theirs. The first murder trail of Oregon, Missouri was that of Cornelius McKissick who shot to death Mr. Zadock Martin in Nodaway Township Apr. 24, 1843. About three years after he had settled on his claim in Madison Township, a great bullying fellow, named Zadok Martin, "jumped" the claim and told the neighbors he expected to drive McKissick off or make him pay well for the privilege of staying. The two men met one day and Martin said to McKissick: "I am making a claim here, and I have seen you hauling rails off it; I want you to stop that." McKissick replied: "This is my claim; I have been here three years; but I will not quarrel with you. Martin followed up McKissick for three or four days, and at last came upon him where he, his brother, and his brother-in-law were making rails. A companion was with him, Martin was armed with a heavy dog-wood bludgeon and his companion with a rifle. The pair cornered McKissick and Martin flew his club; but McKissick drew his rifle and shot his assailant, who turned, walked a few feet, fell, and never breathed again. McKissick was arrested and tried at Oregon, the county seat of Holt county, Missouri. He was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree and given three years. A new trial was granted. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was fined $500 and given six months in jail. The fine was remitted because he had no money and he was later discharged from jail on account of the jail being unfit for human occupancy. The neighbors, who knew the circumstances, thought this was unjust, and petitioned the legislature of Missouri to remit the fine, this was granted. For an account of the coming of Mr. McKissick refer to the chapter on "Old Settlers and Settlements." He held numerous township offices, and had been intimately identified with the history of the county from the very earliest days. Was well know for the fact that he was a very good shot with a gun.
Cornelius was said to have planted the first orchard in Fremont County, Iowa.
Parents: John P MCKISSICK and Martha "Patsy" KENT.

He was married to Hannah Francis CHANEY on 28 Aug 1842 in Liberty, Clay Co, Mo. Children were: Martha MCKISSICK, William Alexander "Alex" MCKISSICK, John Pinckney "Pink" MCKISSICK, Amanda MCKISSICK , James Franklin "Frank" MCKISSICK, Elisabeth Margarette MCKISSICK, Susan MCKISSICK , Joseph Marion MCKISSICK, Richard W. MCKISSICK, Infant MCKISSICK, Howard Orrin MCKISSICK.

Daniel MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹⁰³⁾ was born on 10 Apr 1754 in Northern Ireland or Scotland. He died about 1817 in Bedford Co, Tn. Came to America about 1754 from Scotland, by way of Ireland, then England. The family immigrated to what they believed was North Carolina. However, when the state lines were drawn, they found themselves in South Carolina. Captain Daniel McKissick became a sheriff after the Revolutionary War. He eventually moved to Bedford County, Tenn.

Children were: John P MCKISSICK.

Daniel Pinckney MCKISSICK Jr.⁽⁷¹⁰⁴⁾ was born in 1824 in Buncombe Co, NC. He died in 1911. Daniel was 12 years of age when the family came to Clinton County in 1832, and like his father, was proficient as a hunter and in all gbranches of woodcraft. He was educated in an old log schoolhouse with furniture of slab seats and a rough chimney and fireplace at one end of the building. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Tow of their daughers became successful teachers. Daniel was a soldier of the confederate army.

Children were: Joseph E MCKISSICK, Mary MCKISSICK, Daniel T MCKISSICK, Anna MCKISSICK, Minnie J MCKISSICK.

Daniel T MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹⁰⁵⁾. Parents: Daniel Pinckney MCKISSICK Jr. and Mary J WEEDIN .

Doris MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹⁰⁶⁾. Parents: John William MCKISSICK and Della E. SWAN.

Edward Cornelius MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹⁰⁷⁾ was born on 27 Jun 1877 in Hamburg, Fremont County, Ia. He died on 20 Nov 1945 in Hamburg, Fremont County, Ia. He was buried on 24 Nov 1945 in Riverton Cemetery, Fremont Co, Ia. Was a harness maker in 1905 in Riverton, Fremont, Iowa. Listed as a Carpenter on his death record. Parents: William Alexander "Alex" MCKISSICK and Ruth UTTERBACK .

He was married to Nora Abigail "Abbie" WYNN on 10 Jan 1900 in Riverton, Fremont Co, Ia. Children were: Clyde Devere MCKISSICK, Retha May MCKISSICK .

Elisabeth Margarette MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹⁰⁸⁾ was born on 16 Jan 1852 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹⁰⁹⁾ She appeared on the census on 2 Jul 1860 in Madison Twp, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹¹⁰⁾ She appeared on the census on 14 Jun 1870 in Hamburg, Fremont County, Ia.⁽⁷¹¹¹⁾ She died on 24 Mar 1916 in Shelby, Polk Co, Ne.⁽⁷¹¹²⁾ Parents: Cornelius Washington MCKISSICK and Hannah Francis CHANEY.

She was married to John JENNINGS on 4 Jul 1876 in Atchison Co, Mo.⁽⁷¹¹³⁾

Fannie MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹¹⁴⁾ was born on 6 Oct 1867 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia. She died on 12 Nov 1954. Parents: John Pinckney "Pink" MCKISSICK and Eliza UTTERBACK.

She was married to Thomas Henry GRAY on 30 Jan 1884 in Atchison county, Mo.

Farrer Albert MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹¹⁵⁾ was born on 26 Jun 1879 in Riverton, Fremont Co, Ia. He died on 26 Jun 1879. Parents: John Pinckney "Pink" MCKISSICK and Eliza UTTERBACK.

Gertrude MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹¹⁶⁾ Parents: John William MCKISSICK and Della E. SWAN.

Howard Orrin MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹¹⁷⁾ was born on 5 Jul 1862 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹¹⁸⁾ He appeared on the census on 14 Jun 1870 in Hamburg, Fremont County, Ia.⁽⁷¹¹⁹⁾ He appeared on the census in Jul 1880 in Hamburg, Fremont County, Ia.⁽⁷¹²⁰⁾ He died on 29 Mar 1919 in Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹²¹⁾ Parents: Cornelius Washington MCKISSICK and Hannah Francis CHANEY.

He was married to Martha Emma PRALL on 28 Apr 1886 in Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹²²⁾

Ida "Lotta" Etta MCKISSICK⁽¹⁹²³⁾ was born on 29 Jan 1865 in Riverton, Fremont Co, Ia. She died on 1 Mar 1936. Of Fremont Co, Mo. This is south of Hamburg Iowa, which is in Fremont Co, Ia. Parents: John Pinckney "Pink" MCKISSICK and Eliza UTTERBACK.

She was married to William Henry LEWIS on 5 Sep 1880 in Atchison county, Mo. Married by Stephen South, Justice of the Peace

Ida A MCKISSICK (Private). Parents: John William MCKISSICK and Della E. SWAN.

Infant MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹²³⁾ was born on 4 Jan 1860 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia. He (or she) died on 25 May 1860 in Fremont Co, Ia. Of Pneumonia Parents: Cornelius Washington MCKISSICK and Hannah Francis CHANEY.

Jacob MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹²⁴⁾ was born on 17 May 1872. He died on 5 Sep 1873 in Fremont Co, Ia. He appeared on the census on 5 Sep 1873 in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Fremont Co, Ia. Parents: William Alexander "Alex" MCKISSICK and Mary Elizabeth MCMILLEN.

Jacob "Jake" MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹²⁵⁾ was born on 17 Mar 1811 in Buncombe Co, NC. He died on 22 Sep 1900 in Reno, Washoe Co, NV. He was a Farmer in 1850 in Fremont County, Iowa. He died on 22 Sep 1900 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada. He died while he was on a business trip in Reno, Nevada. In the last few days he was listed as insane & incompetent . When quite small Jacob moved to Tennessee, where he remained until 1817, when he moved to Saline county, Missouri, remaining until 1830. He then went to Clinton county and then to Platt county, but came to Fremont county, Iowa in 1840. In the spring of 1854 he went to California & Nevada. He was the first justice of the peace in Fremont county, having been elected in 1841. He owned a large amount of land there and in Missouri, and was a heavy dealer in cattle on the Pacific coast. He built the first building in Hamburg, Iowa. He built the McKissick House Hotel, which later was renamed the Loyal Hotel. He settled in Long Valley, Lassen, California. Jacob ran a sawmill at McKissick Grove. He commissioned the first building and plated the town of what is now Hamburg. The post office in Sacramento City was in the store of J.T. Davis and he served as postmaster. The mail was carried from the town of Farmer's Station, across the line in Iowa. The packing house was similar to the one in Sonora. The hogs were killed and dressed and the meat was packed in barrels of salt and shipped down river. The business was discontinued during the hot summer months because of the loss of meat. The packing house was owned and operated by Jacob. When the town decayed the plant was move to Hamburg, Ions. In the book "The First One Hundred Year" 1858-1958, it was written on page 15. the following: In the first settlement of McKissick's grove, the McKissick brothers claimed a large part of the grove. John W. Allen settled on a part of the land claimed by the McKissicks, and built him a cabin thereon. The first night the cabin was occupied a rifle ball was shot through the cabin window. Allen concluded that the ball was intended for him. He imagined that Jacob McKissick was the would-be assassin, and so loading his rifle he started in search of him. Allen met his intended victim, who, wholly unexpecting such a visit, was unarmed and helpless. Allen called out to McKissick to prepare for death, telling him why he was about to kill him. McKissick realized his position, and approached Allen saying: "Mr. Allen, you may shoot me, but I won't die with a lie in my mouth. I am not that kind of man." Something in McKissick's manner and conduct convinced Allen, that he (McKissick) was speaking the truth, and the two men were soon clasping hands in firm friendship and talking it over. Mr. Allen died in Arkansas in the Civil War and was buried in the McKissick's grove graveyard. Jacob was said to have lived in Lassen County, California about 1868. He appears to have traveled back and forth from Iowa to California. This could have be to move cattle to and from market. Although he was in California June 8, 1880, at which time he bought land there. On June 8, 1880 he sold some of his land in Fremont County, Iowa, to Geo. and Herbert Slaughter, for the some of $550.00. Because he was living in California it was signed by Jacob relinquishes his rights on May, 14, 1880 but the deed was not filed till June 8. At the time of his death he worth as about $100,000.00. Parents: John P MCKISSICK and Martha "Patsy" KENT.

James Franklin "Frank" MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹²⁶⁾ was born on 24 Aug 1850 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹²⁷⁾ He appeared on the census on 2 Jul 1860 in Madison Twp, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹²⁸⁾ He appeared on the census on 14 Jun 1870 in Hamburg, Fremont County, Ia.⁽⁷¹²⁹⁾ He died on 17 Apr 1906 in Hamburg, Fremont County, Ia.⁽⁷¹³⁰⁾ He was buried on 19 Apr 1906 in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Fremont Co, Ia. James lived in Fremont County, all his life, except for two months which he spent in California. He was an inventor of the famous McKissick Plow, and is naturally an inventive genius. He was the proprietor of the McKissick Plow Manufactory, and his labor and genius was meet with deserved success. Frank was one of the first settlers in the timber three miles east of the city, which took the name of McKissick Grove. He took care of his father through a long spell of sickness from cancer, and his aged mother made her home with him ever since the death of her husband. In 1885 Hannah (his mother) was living with James.
It states in the Southwest Iowa History James F. McKissick settled in Madison township, in 1854, as a mechanic, and had 1 child. Parents: Cornelius Washington MCKISSICK and Hannah Francis CHANEY.

He was married to Themantia VAN FLEET on 25 Nov 1876 in Madison, Fremont Co, Ia.⁽⁷¹³¹⁾

Jane Ann MCKISSICK⁽⁷¹³²⁾ was born in 1809 in Buncombe Co, NC. She died on 6 Dec 1844 or 12 Jun 1844. Parents: John P MCKISSICK and Martha "Patsy" KENT .

She was married to Moses FLETCHER on 31 May 1829 in Clay County, Mo.. Children were: Jonathon L FLETCHER , Jacob M FLETCHER.

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