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NOAH B. McKY has for eighteen years been a section foreman on the Northern Pacific railroad. He is a man of real worth and substantial qualities, and his long service in this important capacity is abundant proof of his ability to handle successfully the labors entrusted to him. His stand in the community is of the best and the nice property that he has accumulated shows his success in faithful endeavors.
Noah B. McKy was born in Fayette county, on April 1, 1852, being the son of John and
Sarah (Jackson) McKy, natives of Ohio. The
father was sheriff of Richland county, Wisconsin for a time and served in the Civil War in
the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, being
an orderly sergeant. He died in Richland
county, Wisconsin, in 1896. The mother died
in Wisconsin, in April, 1898.
Our subject was educated in the schools
where he lived and resided with his father on
the farm until twenty-one years of age, then
began independent action, taking up stock buying. He bought for one firm for five years
then purchased a farm for himself and operated the same until 1880, when he came to
Ritzville, Washington. Shortly after, he entered the employ of the Northern Pacific and
later was transferred to Sprague, having charge
of the yards here and the section. His faithfullness and reliability have won for him the
confidence and good will of his employers and
he has done well in the line for promotion.
In 1880, at Richland, Wisconsin, Mr. McKy
married Katie A. Halin, who is the daughter of Bernard C. and Guenney (Davis) Halin. The father was a marble cutter and also did
farming. He served as auditor of Richland
county, Wisconsin for some time and during
the Civil War, was captain in the regiment. He died in the Badger State in 1890. The
mother was born in Wales and came to Ohio
with her parents when young. She died in
Wisconsin, in 1895. Our subject has the following brothers and sisters, John, Newton,
Jasper, Jerome, Mrs. Mary J. Conkals, Mrs.
Julia Ewen, and Mrs. Lucy Berrett. Mrs.
McKy has nine brothers and sisters; Thomas
J.; Harry; Arthur; John; Edward: Emmett, with the United States army in the Philippines;
Mrs. Alice Person, in Chicago; Mrs. Lucy
Costello in Richmond, Wisconsin; and Mrs.
Bertha Gunniner, in Lincoln county.
To Mr. and Mrs. McKy the following
named children have been born; Gertrude,
teaching instrumental and vocal music in Whitman college; Gwen, teaching music in Sprague;
and Oscar, at home. Mr. McKy's daughters
have shown marked talent in music and are
building a fine reputation for themselves in
this art. The family home is a beautiful seven
room cottage, tastily surrounded with lawn
and shade trees on the corner of Fourth avenue
and C street. The good taste of Mrs. McKy
is manifested in the furnishings of the beautiful home and she is known as a lady of refinement. Mr. McKy owns in addition to the property above mentioned, a section of wheat land,
all under cultivation. Mrs. McKy is handling
a fine dressmaking and millinery business in
the building next to the postoffice in Sprague
and has much patronage.
They are estimable people and have won
their position in society by reason of their
worth, uprightness and industry.
Mr. McKy is a member of the I. O. O. F.
and has served on the city council for five years,
being in office at this time.
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