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Charles A. McKethen

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Charles A. McKethen

Birth
Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Death
31 Aug 1906 (aged 82)
Shelby County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Married Catherine Tine Baker 22 MAR 1863 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri.

CHARLES A. McKETHEN
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Shelbyville).
Mr. McKethen, now past the third score of his age, was partly reared in Shelby county, and is therefore a representative of one of its pioneer families. His father, Robert McKethen, a native of North Carolina, was principally reared in Tennessee, and was a gallant soldier under Jackson in the War of 1812. Returning victorious from the battles of his country after the war, he was married in Tennessee to Miss Sallie Latimer, and after some years' residence in that State put out the fire on his hearthstone, in the valley of the rolling Tennessee, and turned the front of his white-covered mover's wagon toward the then wilderness beyond the surging waters of the imperial Mississippi. After a long journey over mountains and through valleys, across bridgeless streams and trackless prairies, through a primitive wilderness from the beginning of the journey, he landed safely in North Missouri with his loved ones, his faithful rifle and his sleepless watch-dog, in 1831. He stopped for a while in Marion county, but soon crossed over into Shelby, where he improved a farm, reared a worthy family of children, and lived a respected, useful life until he was borne away under the shadow of old age to his final resting place, in his adopted county, in 1847. His good wife, a venerable white-haired old pioneer mother, is still living, now closely approaching her ninety-first year. Charles A. McKethen was born a few years before his parents left Tennessee, in Sumner county, on the 7th day of May, 1824. Growing up to manhood in Shelby county, he, too, following the example of his father, became a farmer, and by industry and good management he has proved a successful one. He has a fine farm of 320 acres, all the fruit of his own honest toil. One of the substantial property holders of the township, he is at the same time one of its most highly esteemed citizens, for his life has been guided by the strictest integrity. During the war he served for nearly a year in the Union army. In 1863 he was married to Miss Catherine Baker, a daughter of George W. Baker, a worthy and respected citizen of Shelbyville. His wife has borne him nine children, namely: George R., Sallie A., Mary G., Hattie, John S., Charles E., Lucy B., and two others who died in infancy. Mrs. McKethen is a member of the Christian Church.
History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri; St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1884, Pages 929 & 930

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Funeral Notice

The funeral services of

CHARLES A. McKETHEN

will take place from the Christian Church in Shelbyville, Mo., on Saturday, Sept. 1, 1906, at 3 p.m., conducted by Rev. C. E. Wagner.

Burial in Masonic cemetery.

Born in Tennessee, May 7, 1824; died near Shelbyville, Mo., August 31, 1906, at 7 a.m. Aged 82 years 3 months, 24 days.

Information on file with Shelby County Historical Society & Museum
Married Catherine Tine Baker 22 MAR 1863 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri.

CHARLES A. McKETHEN
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Shelbyville).
Mr. McKethen, now past the third score of his age, was partly reared in Shelby county, and is therefore a representative of one of its pioneer families. His father, Robert McKethen, a native of North Carolina, was principally reared in Tennessee, and was a gallant soldier under Jackson in the War of 1812. Returning victorious from the battles of his country after the war, he was married in Tennessee to Miss Sallie Latimer, and after some years' residence in that State put out the fire on his hearthstone, in the valley of the rolling Tennessee, and turned the front of his white-covered mover's wagon toward the then wilderness beyond the surging waters of the imperial Mississippi. After a long journey over mountains and through valleys, across bridgeless streams and trackless prairies, through a primitive wilderness from the beginning of the journey, he landed safely in North Missouri with his loved ones, his faithful rifle and his sleepless watch-dog, in 1831. He stopped for a while in Marion county, but soon crossed over into Shelby, where he improved a farm, reared a worthy family of children, and lived a respected, useful life until he was borne away under the shadow of old age to his final resting place, in his adopted county, in 1847. His good wife, a venerable white-haired old pioneer mother, is still living, now closely approaching her ninety-first year. Charles A. McKethen was born a few years before his parents left Tennessee, in Sumner county, on the 7th day of May, 1824. Growing up to manhood in Shelby county, he, too, following the example of his father, became a farmer, and by industry and good management he has proved a successful one. He has a fine farm of 320 acres, all the fruit of his own honest toil. One of the substantial property holders of the township, he is at the same time one of its most highly esteemed citizens, for his life has been guided by the strictest integrity. During the war he served for nearly a year in the Union army. In 1863 he was married to Miss Catherine Baker, a daughter of George W. Baker, a worthy and respected citizen of Shelbyville. His wife has borne him nine children, namely: George R., Sallie A., Mary G., Hattie, John S., Charles E., Lucy B., and two others who died in infancy. Mrs. McKethen is a member of the Christian Church.
History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri; St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1884, Pages 929 & 930

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Funeral Notice

The funeral services of

CHARLES A. McKETHEN

will take place from the Christian Church in Shelbyville, Mo., on Saturday, Sept. 1, 1906, at 3 p.m., conducted by Rev. C. E. Wagner.

Burial in Masonic cemetery.

Born in Tennessee, May 7, 1824; died near Shelbyville, Mo., August 31, 1906, at 7 a.m. Aged 82 years 3 months, 24 days.

Information on file with Shelby County Historical Society & Museum


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