Son of Jotham and Mary Latshaw McKean, he married Effie, worked as a watchman at the CPT Co, lived at 1446 Otter St, Franklin, committed suicide there with carbolic acid poisoning, per death certificate 74357, whose informant was Robert McKean Jr. of the same address.
Oil City Derrick, Wednesday, Aug 17 1938:
Robert McKean, 57, 1146 Otter st., was found dead in bed at his home late Tuesday afternoon, a victim of carbolic acid poisoning which Dr. J. I. Zerbe, Venango county coroner, said was self-administered. He was said to have been melancholy recently and had been in ill health for two years. He was born in Scrubgrass township, a son of Jonathan and Mary McKean.
He worked for the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. here for the past 22 years. He had been a resident of Franklin for 37 years.
On April 30, 1901, he married Miss Effie Davis who survives, with the following children: Robert Jr. at home, Mrs. James Reynolds of McDonald, Ohio; the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. A. Parker, Franklin, Mrs. Pearl Gordon, Emlenton, Bert McKean, Clintonville, Floyd McKean, Medina, Ohio, Mrs. Dolly McClain, Carlyle, Mrs. Ella Daugherty, Sperry, Okla., Ralph McKean, Akron, Ohio, Wesley McKean, Schenley, and Mrs. Hattie Hovis, Virginia.
The body was removed to the Osenider funeral chapel at Oil City and will be returned to the family home this morning. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Son of Jotham and Mary Latshaw McKean, he married Effie, worked as a watchman at the CPT Co, lived at 1446 Otter St, Franklin, committed suicide there with carbolic acid poisoning, per death certificate 74357, whose informant was Robert McKean Jr. of the same address.
Oil City Derrick, Wednesday, Aug 17 1938:
Robert McKean, 57, 1146 Otter st., was found dead in bed at his home late Tuesday afternoon, a victim of carbolic acid poisoning which Dr. J. I. Zerbe, Venango county coroner, said was self-administered. He was said to have been melancholy recently and had been in ill health for two years. He was born in Scrubgrass township, a son of Jonathan and Mary McKean.
He worked for the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. here for the past 22 years. He had been a resident of Franklin for 37 years.
On April 30, 1901, he married Miss Effie Davis who survives, with the following children: Robert Jr. at home, Mrs. James Reynolds of McDonald, Ohio; the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. A. Parker, Franklin, Mrs. Pearl Gordon, Emlenton, Bert McKean, Clintonville, Floyd McKean, Medina, Ohio, Mrs. Dolly McClain, Carlyle, Mrs. Ella Daugherty, Sperry, Okla., Ralph McKean, Akron, Ohio, Wesley McKean, Schenley, and Mrs. Hattie Hovis, Virginia.
The body was removed to the Osenider funeral chapel at Oil City and will be returned to the family home this morning. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Family Members
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Willis Latshaw McKean
1866–1925
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Elizabeth McKean McGinnis
1867–1920
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Wesley Sylvester McKean
1870–1947
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Sarah Ellen McKean Scott
1873–1945
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Harriet Clara McKean Hovis
1876–1954
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Anna Pearl McKain Gordon
1878–1963
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Katharine Irene McKean Keller
1882–1935
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Mary Etta McKean Daugherty
1884–1939
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Dorothy May "Dolly" McKean McClain
1888–1977
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Audie Hannah McKean Parker
1890–1975
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Ralph Leonard McKean
1892–1965
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