Nancy McKenzie

Nancy married William C. Johnson on 3 Feb 1859 in White County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Moved to White Co IL with his parents in 1816, at the age of around two.

Census confusion There are some obvious disscrepancies between census data years. The 1850 census has John older than Indiana (John 5, Indiana 2), while the 1860 has Indiana older (Indiana 15, John 13). William's age approximately right in both. Virginia is listed age 9 in the 1860 and does not appear in the 1870 - could have been married. Lucinda appears age 7 in the 1860, and

William married Mary Hardesty on 16 Aug 1836. Mary was born on 28 Nov 1820; died on 13 Mar 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Don't know where I got the info on her birth and death dates.

Other Events:

• RESEARCH: Dad has a note in one of his notebooks that says the McKenzie\'s came in through Nova Scotia--presumably from Scotland. No source. Written in a notebook when he was in Mountain View--so likely came from some family member?

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Came to White Co IL

Had a first marriage in Canada, resulting in one child. His wife died, and he left the child, and all of the money that he had (around $1,000) and moved to White Co IL to start again. Sold his farm in Hamilton Co IL and established a dairy in Marion Co IL

George married Margaret "Betsy" Vickers before 1810. Margaret (daughter of James Vickers and Polly Johnson) was born in 1783 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Polly Johnson on 20 Jan 1782 in Botetourt County, Virginia, USA. Polly was born before 1770; died in 1794-1799 in Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):The likely years of Polly's death were calculated from information contained in the Revolutionary Pension file of her husband James Vickers, and the subsequent pension application of his widow, Elizabeth (Mowery) Vickers. Elizabeth stated that she married James in 1799, and that his eldest son was just 18 months younger than she. Also that he had 7 children with his first wife. Since Margaret was born the year before John, we can assume that 5 more children were born after them. At an average of 2 years between children, the last one might have been born sometime around 1794. Since James Vickers married a second time in 1799, I have calculated her death to be between 1794 and 1799. I would imagine it was likely to be toward the latter end of that period, but all is speculation.