Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886

James H. McKey was born in Alabama, 1838, son of Charles and Eveline (Fisher) McKey. Charles McKey was born in Palmetto State, and moved to Alabama with his parents about 1810, where he first married Eliza Cauthen. She died about seven months later, and he then married Miss Fisher, who bore him two children. The father was a farmer and served in the late war under Col. Murphy, being a Federal soldier. During his service he contacted a disease which resulted in his death, in September, 1877. Our subject received a good education in the country schools and resided with his father on a farm until 1857, when he wedded Martha A. Fondren, born 1839. Dovey E., Charles A. (deceased), Elizabeth S. (deceased), and Edward T. are their children. Mrs. McKey died in 1870, and in September, 1871 Sarah F. Earnest became his second wife and the mother of the following family: Alcie C., Taylor H. , Luther A., Pink L. and Rufus B. Mrs. McKey was born in 1854, and is the daughter of Moses and Mary Earnest, of Alabama. She died in 1882, and a year later he took for his third wife Sarah Rob Roy. Mr. McKey served as sheriff two years and was United States deputy collector one year, and held various minor offices. He fell heir to 265 acres of his father’s estate, and has added to it until he now owns 500 acres. His farm contains rich ore beds, and he also has a bluff of fine variegated marble, and a good deposit of fine sandstone that will rank with the best known. In 1880 Mr. McKey was admitted to the Lawrenceburg bar, and has given the most of his attention to his profession since that time. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and is a Democrat. In 1862 he enlisted in Company H, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, and served until surrender, participating in many of the principal battles. He served in the Federal Army and was a true and tried soldier.

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