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George Thomas McKenzie

George Thomas McKenzie

Male Abt 1838 - 1865  (~ 27 years)

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  • Name George Thomas McKenzie  [1] 
    Born Abt 1838  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 31 Mar 1865  Cape Hatteras (At Sea), Dare County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5] 
    Person ID I3131  Full
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 

    Father Alexander H. McKenzie,   b. Abt 1806, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1849, White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Mother Margaret "Peggy" Vineyard,   b. Abt 1807, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1865, White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Married 5 May 1828  White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Family ID F407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary A. McMurtry,   b. Abt 1840, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 23 Aug 1859  White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. S. A. Douglas McKenzie,   b. Abt 1860,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Child in their home at time of 1860 census: S. A. DOUGLASS, 1/12? This was an unreliable look-up -- possibly the child had two middle names?

  • Sources 
    1. [S302] Vineyard - "Descendants of Amos Vineyard, David Schichner, ( : accessed 17 Aug 2007), Margaret "Peggy" Vineyard, born 1807 Tennessee (Reliability: 0), 10 Feb 2007.
      «b»Margaret "Peggy"«sup»4«/sup» Vineyard«/b» (John«sup»3«/sup», John«sup»2«/sup», Amos«sup»1«/sup») was born 1807 in Tennessee, and died 02 October 1865 in White County, Illinois.
      She married «b»Alexander H. McKenzie«/b» 05 May 1828 in White Co, Illinois, son of George McKenzie and Betty Vickers. He was born 1807 in Tennessee, and died August 1849 in White Co, Illinois. Children of Margaret Vineyard and Alexander McKenzie are:
      i. Amanda Jane«sup»5«/sup» McKenzie, born 07 February 1829; died 25 April 1856
      ii. Amy (Emma) McKenzie, born 27 March 1831; died Bet. 1832 - 1925. She married James Vickers; died Unknown.
      iii. Priscilla Vitura McKenzie, born 1836 in Illinois; died 22 January 1926.
      iv. George "Thomas" McKenzie, born 1838 in Illinois; died 31 March 1865.
      v. Margaret A. McKenzie, born 24 January 1841 in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co, Illinois; died Unknown in Howell Co, MO.
      vi. Mary Frances McKenzie, born 16 May 1843; died 09 January 1901 in White Co, Illinois.
      vii. William J. "Billy" McKenzie, born 1846; died 31 March 1865. Notes for William J. "Billy" McKenzie: Killed in the sinking of the Steamer General Lyon while on the way home for discharge. Military service: 1865, Died when ship "General Lyon" sank.

    2. [S637] McKenzie, Margaret (Vineyard) - Census 1850 White Co IL, (1850 U.S. census, White County, Illinois, population schedule, District 13, p. 328 (stamped), p. 651 (penned) dwelling 893, family 893, Margt [Margaret] McKinsey household: digital image by subscription, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Aug 2007); from National Archives microform M432, roll 132.).

    3. [S774] Missouri, Howell - email Shannon Chenoweth Graham (13 Feb 2007), (Shannon Chenoweth Graham, Jefferson City, Missouri [(E-address for private use),] to Janis Gilmore, Pawleys Island, South Carolina, e-mail, 13 Feb 2007; regarding the Chenoweth, Vickers, Hargroves, and DeBoard families of Howell County, Missouri; digital copy held by author (2007).).
      "Both their brothers, George and William drowned off the Coast of South Carolina in the steamboat explosion of the General Lyons. They spent most of the war in Catawba Prison, had started home, and were killed."

    4. [S970] Illinois, White - Sinking of General Lyon (list of lives lost), Edward Boots, compiler, (( : accessed 17 Aug 2007)).

    5. [S971] Illinois, White - Sinking of General Lyon (NYTimes 1865), («i»Sources for the General Lyon Disaster«/i» , "Dreadful Fire at Sea. Five Hundred Lives Lost,"( : accessed 17 Aug 2007); transcribed by Bernard Yeatts, citing the New York Times article published on Monday, 3 April 1865, Volume XIV, No. 4220, page 5.).

    6. [S134] McKenzie, George - Carol Yarbrough website, (Carol Lee Yarbrough, "Descendants of George McKenzie," «i»The Yesterdays of Hamilton County, Illinois«/i», ( : accessed 15 Aug 2007)).

    7. [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for Alexander H. McKenzie and Peggy Vineyard, White County, Illinois, vol. 1 (5 May 1828) (Reliability: 3), 8 Jan 2008.

    8. [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for George McKenzie and Mary McMurtrey, White County, Illinois, vol. 5 (23 Aug 1859) (Reliability: 2), 10 Feb 2007.


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