Mbhs #: 0518
Year Range: around 1922
Location: Del Norte County
Location 2: Rockland stage stop on Smith River
First Row: Silas Simon McKee (1844-1922)
Source: Evelyn Byrne Williams collection
Notes: Ninth of the 12 children of Joseph Merritt & Almira Hutchinson McKee. When the McKee clan emigrated by wagon train from Missouri to Oregon in 1860, Si parted ways on the trail to hire on with other families. For the full story see the Great-Great Uncle Si articles at https://mckeebridge.org/back-in-time-articles/