Person:John McKenzie (33)

Rev. John Witherspoon McKenzie

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m. Bef 1832

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Rev. John Witherspoon McKenzie
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]^[3]	26 Apr 1806	North Carolina
Marriage	Bef 1832	Red River County?, Texasto Matilda _____
Death^[3]	20 Jun 1881	Red River County, Texas
Burial^[3]		McKenzie Cemetery, Red River, Texas, United States

Red River County, Texas, 1860 census:^S2

McKenzie, J. W. P. 52 yrs Minister & Teacher (real estate = $33,000; personal estate = $52,010) b. North Carolina

Matilda 44 yrs b. North Carolina

John 14 yrs b. Texas

Eulalia 9 yrs b. Texas

James 13 yrs b. Texas

Malinda 8 yrs b. Texas

[+ numerous students & faculty resident at the college]

Red River County, Texas, 1870 census:^S4

McKenzie, J. W. P. 64 yrs School Teacher (real estate = $25,000; personal estate = $2,500) b. North Carolina

M. H. [f] 57 yrs Keeping house b. North Carolina

John T. 24 yrs Farmer b. Texas

Mary Ann 21 yrs b. Texas

Wade, S. B. [m] 24 yrs Farmer b. Georgia

Rutherford, A. S. [m] 24 yrs Farmer b. Tennessee

McKenzie, O. H. [f] 15 yrs b. Texas

[+ 6 black servants]

McKenzie, M. C. [f] 19 yrs b. Tennessee

References

↑ Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
pp. 41 & 46.

About 1836, he was serving as a Methodist missionary to the Choctaws in Indian Territory, but had to discontinue this for health reasons and moved down to Clarksville. In 1841, he established Mckenzie College.
↑ Red River, Texas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 59. house/family 34/34.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Grave marker, McKenzie Cemetery, Red River, Texas, United States.
Red River, Texas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 108, house/family 1368/1368.