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JOSEPH O. McKEE, physician, McKeesport, was born in what is now North Versailles township, Allegheny county, Oct. 9, 1853, and is a son of Daniel S. and Julia A. (Craig) McKee. His grandfather, David McKee, a native of Ireland, settled in Pittsburgh as early as 1820, kept a hotel for a time and later edited an anti-secret-society paper. His wife was Jane Means, by whom he had one son, David S., who in early manhood settled in North Versailles township, and engaged in farming until his death. David S. married Julia A. Craig, a daughter of George and Mary (Thomas) Craig, who settled in North Versailles in 1827. The children of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Craig are Lillie J. (Mrs. A. M. McClintock), David R., William A., Joseph O., James M., George T. and Anna M. Joseph O. was reared in North Versailles township, and began the study of medicine in 1870,with Dr. J. L. Taylor, of his native town. He attended the medical department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, one year; passed another year at Detroit Medical College, Detroit, Mich., and graduated from the latter March 4, 1874. He began the practice of his profession at New Stanton, Westmoreland county, where he was located two years; then practiced at Monongahela City one year and North Versailles township eight years. In June, 1885, he settled at McKeesport, where he now has a successful practice. He has been twice married; his first wife, Sarah E., daughter of John C. Hays, of Westmoreland county, Pa., was the mother of one child, Thomas D. His present wife is Gertrude, daughter of Frank A. Carr, Sr., of McKeesport. Dr. McKee is a member of the C. P. Church, the K. of P. and I. O. H., and is a republican.