McKay, Elmer Augustus b. 21 Aug 1861 Erie County, New York, USA d. 28 Jan 1877 Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA: Thurmon King's New Sackett Database

1861 - 1877 (15 years)

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Name	McKay, Elmer Augustus
Born	21 Aug 1861	Erie County, New York, USA
Gender	Male
Census	7 Jun 1870	Beaver Falls Township, Renville County, Minnesota, USA [1]
Census	1875	Beaver Falls, Renville County, Minnesota, USA [2]
Died	28 Jan 1877	Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA
Buried	Redwood Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA
Person ID	I13122	Sackett \| Descendants of Capt. Richard Sackett
Last Modified	27 Feb 2020

Father McKay, Bazaleel Gurney, b. 22 Feb 1818, Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York, USA , d. 12 Jul 1908, Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA (Age 90 years)

Mother McKay, Tryphena, b. Abt 1820, Erie County, New York, USA , d. 2 Feb 1891, Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA (Age ~ 71 years)

Married 7 Jan 1841 Griffins Mills, Erie County, New York, USA [3]

Children 7 children

	1. Mckay, Willis Stephens, b. 4 Jan 1843, Erie County, New York, USA , d. 8 Sep 1843, Erie County, New York, USA (Age 0 years)
	2. Mckay, Harlan Page, b. 21 Jan 1846, Erie County, New York, USA , d. 27 Jan 1930, Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA (Age 84 years)
	3. Mckay, Angellette Allida, b. 3 Sep 1847, Erie County, New York, USA , d. Unknown
	4. Mckay, Henrietta Augusta, b. 20 Jun 1850, Erie County, New York, USA , d. 7 Feb 1865, Erie County, New York, USA (Age 14 years)
	5. McKay, Helen Elizabeth, b. 30 May 1854, Erie County, New York, USA , d. 6 Jul 1889 (Age 35 years)
	6. McKay, Mortimer Lincoln, b. 20 Sep 1859, Erie County, New York, USA , d. 6 Jun 1939, Cable, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 79 years)
	7. McKay, Elmer Augustus, b. 21 Aug 1861, Erie County, New York, USA , d. 28 Jan 1877, Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA (Age 15 years)

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	Born - 21 Aug 1861 - Erie County, New York, USA
	Census - 7 Jun 1870 - Beaver Falls Township, Renville County, Minnesota, USA
	Census - 1875 - Beaver Falls, Renville County, Minnesota, USA
	Died - 28 Jan 1877 - Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA
	Buried - - Redwood Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA

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[S501] 1870 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 15 Apr 2019.
1870 Census, enumerated 7 Jun 1870 in Town of Beaver, Renville County, Minnesota, United States

B G Mckay M 52 New York
Triphena Mckay F 49 New York
Nellie Mckay F 16 New York
Mortimer Mckay M 10 New York
Emer Mckay M 8 New York

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHC-6WW : 12 April 2016), Mortimer Mckay in household of B G Mckay, Minnesota, United States; citing p. 5, family 38, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 830,429.

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[S1479] Minnesota State Census, 1875, (FamilySearch.org) (Reliability: 3), 15 Apr 2019.
1875 Census, enumerated [no date indicated] 1895 in Beaver Falls, Renville County, Minnesota, United States

B G Mckay M New York
Tryphena Mckay F New York
H P Mckay M New York
Mortimer Mckay M New York
Elmer Mckay M New York

"Minnesota State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKNR-84L : 30 July 2017), Mortimer Mckay in household of B G Mckay, Beaver Falls, Renville, Minnesota; citing p. 347, line 38, volume R - 1, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 0565727.

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[S1225] GenealogyBank.com (Reliability: 3), 14 Nov 2019.
Redwood Gazette (Redwood Falls, Minnesota), 15 Jul 1908, page 2

OLDEST CITIZEN DIES AT NINETY

B. G. MeKay Dies at Home in This City, Due to Advanced Age

With the death of B. Gurney McKay last Saturday, this city loses its oldest citizen and a man whose lifetime spans ninety years, which compass the advent of many inventions and discoveries that have by use come to be considered the necessities
of daily life. In 1818 there were no railroads or steamboats in use in this country, no matches, at least none corresponding to those now in common use. The telegraph, the daily paper, not to speak of the ocean telegraph cable, the telephone, the harvesting machine and mower, sewing machine and an endless catalogue of simple and complex machines and articles of daily use in the life of today were not in existence in 1818. Mr. MeKay's boyhood was spent in Onondaga county, New York. and be was fond of telling about his recollections of the time preceediug (sic) the construction of the Erie canal and the objections made to the enterprise by the mossbacks of his neighborhood, on the ground that the canal would put the teamsters and horses out of business. His name shows that he was of Scotch descent. and this fact helps explain his childlike religious nature and his habit of answering all hints as to his need of anything in his old age by the observation that the Lord would take care of him.

The statement that Mr. McKay's grandfather was a soldier in the war for American independence and that his grandmother was an Indian captive at the period of the Wyoming massacre in Pennsylvania helps us to realize how young our country is.

Mr. McKay was married to Miss Triphena Stevens in 1841, and came west to Wisconsin in 1867, the following year taking a claim in Renville county, near Beaver Falls, where he remained until 1885, since which time he has made this city his home. Here his aged helpmate died in 1891, with only three of seven children born to them surviving. They are Mrs. Angie Earle of Seattle, Wash., Mortimer L. of Cable, Wis., and Harlan P. of this city.

Mr. McKay has been in feeble health for a year or more, and the final change came almost inperceptibly (sic). He became unconscious Saturday noon, and the feeble lamp of life flickered out at a little past two o'clock the morning following.

Mr. McKay was for many years an elder in the Presbyterian church of this city, and was buried from that church, kind ladies of the church contributing to make the last service, conducted by the pastor, R. F. Chambers, a very pretty as well as impressive one.