Floyd A. McKee (1865-1923)
"Farmer hard working man and very high tempered - he did hauling for people
with his team - he also did some logging. He hauled posts and worked a right
smart for other people with his team. His living was made by farming vegatables
- they made saurgam - the vegatable was taken to Cattlesburg, Kentucky to
market. the boys and girls worked in the field - Nell worked from morning
untill night with him. He said he would rather work with her than any of the
men. They had a wood firplace which they cooked on and was the means of
heating the house -it was a 7 room 2 story house. We had to draw and carry
water. They had a well. They would catch the rain water and use to wash in.
We went to the grocery store once a week and sold eggs, butter and milk.
Mother McKee made all our cloths - some out of feed sacks. she also bought
material.
"They went to Baptist church regulary. They went by horse and wagen about 2
1/2 miles. Father has high temper - Anything like getting mad at the team he
often threatened to kill them. He shot close to his wife twice. But missed.
If he got mad at the children he would whipp them. He only whipped Nell once
for she was 14. She run out side in the snow to get the cloths of the line. she
brought one batch of cloths in and shook the snow of and thought she saw three
men comming so she told her father and he told her not to go out and look at
those men. Her mother sent her to get the rest of the cloths so her father
whipped her. afterwards he said he had whipped her for no reason and was sorry.
Mother McKee took a lot from her husband. He often beat her. She put up with
a lot. All the kids got a reasonable education. Emma was a school teacher the
boys left home when they were young."
He died at age 58/59 of acute indigestion.