Miami Union

October 14, 1871 

MACKEY, J. H. - At his residence in Troy, Ohio, on Thursday, October 4, 1871, Bro. (P. G.) J. H. Mackey, in the 73rd year of his age.  Brother Mackey was initiated into the Troy Lodge, No. 43, of the I. O. O. F. of the State of Ohio, in September 1843.  He applied for and received a final card from said Lodge February 6, 1851, and in October of the same year, he deposited the same in Washington Lodge, No. 24, St. Louis, Mo.  Bro. Mackey having filled with honor the offices of Sec., V. G., and N. G, of his Lodge was therefore, entitled to a seat in the R. W. G. Lodge of his jurisdiction.  At a meeting of the Members of the Troy and Centre Lodges, Nos. 43 and 272, I. O. O. F., held at Odd Fellows' Hall, Troy, Ohio, October 7, 1871, the following Preamble and Resolutions were unanimously adopted.

     Whereas it has pleased Providence to remove from us to the Celestial Lodge above Bro. (P. G.) J. H. Mackey, therefore be it.

           Resolved--That we bow with humble submission to the decree of Heaven fueling that our Father doeth all things well.
           Resolved--That we deeply sympathise with his bereaved family in this heavy affliction and commend them to the God who has said: "I will be a father to the fatherless, and the Widow's Shield" believing that our brother has secured his crown of glory in the Grand Lodge above.
          Resolved--That a copy of these Resolutions be presented to the family of the deceased and also a copy sent to Washington Lodge, No. 24, of St. Louis, Mo., of which he was a member of good standing at the time of his death.
                                                                        T. C. Bond
                                                                        W. Cottingham, Committee
                                                                        J. C. Street                                                                    
Dr. Mackey, was a native of Virginia.  He was born in Shepherdstown, Berkley county, June 12, 1799; studied medicine in Baltimore, was married February 19, 1830 to Caroline Donaldson who still survives.  They came to the west in 1832, first settling in Kentucky, and then in Troy in 1846, where they have passed the most of their time since with the exception, of a few years spent in St. Louis.  He was the father of a numerous family, most of which passed away in early years, but some of them yet remain to solace the mother in her declining years.                  B.                     

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