Thomas Jefferson McKean
Born: August 21, 1810
Birthplace: Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Father: Robert McKean 1784 – 1827
(Buried: Old Methodist Church Cemetery, Burlington, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Martha “Polly” Wilson 1786 – 1862
(Buried: Alba Cemetery, Alba, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Sarah P. Gray 1820 – 1911
(Buried: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa)
Children:
Thomas McKean 1849 – 1849
(Buried: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa)
Louis L. McKean 1850 – 1923
(Buried: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa)
Robert J. McKean 1853 – 1854
(Buried: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa)
Helen McKean Shuck 1853 – 1885
(Buried: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa)
James B. McKean 1858 – 1899
(Buried: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa)
Education:
1831: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (19th in class)
Occupation before War:
1831 – 1833: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment
1831 – 1832: Garrison Duty at New Orleans, Louisiana
1832 – 1833: Garrison Duty at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1833 – 1834: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Infantry Regiment
1833: Garrison Duty at New Orleans, Louisiana
1833: Garrison Duty at Bay of St. Louis, Missouri
1833 – 1834: Garrison Duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
1834: Resigned from United States Army on March 31st
1834 – 1837: Civil Engineer in Pennsylvania
1837 – 1838: Adjutant of 1st Pennsylvania Volunteers in Seminole War
1838 – 1846: Civil Engineer in Pennsylvania, and Iowa
1844: Member of Iowa State Constitution Convention
1846: Organizer and Drilled Volunteers for Mexican – American War
1846 – 1848: Served as Private in Mexican – American War
1847: Wounded at the Battle of Churubusco, Mexico
1848: Declined Brevet 2nd Lt. U.S. Army, 1st Dragoons
1848 – 1851: Chief Engineer for Dubuque, and Keokuk Railroad
1848 – 1861: Civil Engineer and Farmer in Iowa
1851 – 1853: U.S. Deputy Surveyor in Iowa, and Wisconsin
1855: Commissioner to locate Seat of Government in Iowa
1859: Sheriff of Linn County, Iowa
Civil War Career:
1861: Paymaster in Washington, D.C.
1861: Paymaster in St. Louis, Missouri
1861 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
1861 – 1862: Union Army Commander, Central District of Missouri
1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
1862: Union Army Commander of Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri
1862: Union Army Commander of Corinth, Mississippi
1862: Served in the Expedition from La Grange, Tennessee to Grenada, Mississippi
1863: Union Army Commander of Northeast District of Missouri
1863 – 1864: Union Army Commander of District of Nebraska
1864: Union Army Commander of District of South Kansas
1864: Chief of Cavalry for Union Army, Department of the Gulf
1864: On Court Martial Duty
1864 – 1865: Union Army Commander of District of West Florida
1865: Union Army Commander of District of Morganzia, Louisiana
1865: Brevetted Major General for his service in the War
1865: Union Army Commander of District of Southwest Missouri
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on August 24th
Occupation after War:
1865: Mayor of Marion, Iowa
1866 – 1869: Farmer near Marion, Iowa
1868: Iowa Delegate to Republican Party National Convention
1869: Declined to be Pension Agent for Eastern District of Iowa
Died: April 9, 1870
Place of Death: Marion, Iowa
Cause of Death: Softening of the brain and paralysis
Age at time of Death: 60 years old
Burial Place: Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Iowa
Last edited by a moderator: