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school bus for eight years.
Jewel Eugene - Elgin, Texas
- married to Imogene Broom.
Father of Virginia Ruth, Billy
Fred (deceased), Bonnie Kay,
Allan Keith, and step-father to
Forrest Broom. Owned first auto-
matic laundry in Frisco. Recently
sold his Funeral Home and
Flower Shop in Sunray, Texas.
Lucille Eudene (Cindy) -
deceased November 12, 1969 -
married to Ray Head. Mother of
Charles Richard and Thomas
Edgar. Formerly employed by J.
A. McCauley Grocery in Frisco.
Served as Worthy Matron of Hale
Center, Texas, Chapter of Eastern
Star.
Mary Katherine (Katy) -
Frisco, Texas - married to Ray-
mond Almon. Mother of Ronald
Keith and Freddie Ray. Formerly
employed by Deweese Grocery
and Standerfer and Boals Gro-
cery, Frisco.
To date, there are 15 grandchil-
dren (1 deceased), 2 step-grand-
children, and 7 great-grandchil-
dren.
Fred McIntire and his brother-
in-law, Carroll. Montgomery,
were partners in McIntire and
Montgomery Undertaking and
Hardware. In 1911, "Cheese"
Johnson of McKinney was hired
to construct the building now
occupied by the Holman Com-
pany on the south side of Main
Street. The business was later
sold and Carroll moved down the
street and went into business.
Fred became a farmer.
The McIntire home on Maple
Street was built around 1912 and
is still owned and occupied by
members of the family, Frances
and Clarence Stem. The original
plot consisted of five acres but
later, a lot was sold to Mrs. Mary
Montgomery and some acreage
was sold to the school for a foot-

ball field.
Lucy McIntire passed away
July 14, 1952. Fred McIntire
passed away December 7, 1960.
Both are entombed in Restland

Abbey Mausoleum    in Dallas,
Texas.
- Mrs. Katie Almon
JOHN W. McKAMY FAMILY
John William McKamy, our
great grandfather, was a graduate
of Oxford, England. He was going
to school there when a group of
the students organized a prayer
meeting. I was told that they left
the Church of England, the Epis-
copal Church, to start a church of
their own. John William McKamy
and the other students were
asked to leave England by the
Episcopal Church. They came to
Philadelphia, United States of
America. John William McKamy
started a church, a prayer meet-
ing, and called it "Presbyterian
What Is To Be Will Be." The first
church they organized was in
Philadelphia. It was located on
the Delmira Peninsula which lies
east of the main part of the
United States at the little town of
Princess Anne. The church still
bears an inscription that it was
formed and started by a John
McKamy, who spelled his name
differently, but it is still the
McKamy name. This was around
the early 1700's, and Princess
Anne, at that time, sent a com-
munion service to the little
church which bears her name as
a gift to the McKamys from the
daughter of the Queen of Eng-
land. This peninsula is located
along the border of the shores of
the three states of Delaware,
Maryland, and Virginia. This is
supposed to be the oldest Pres-
byterian Church in the United
States.
The McKamys moved down to
Rome, Georgia, as farmers and
horse raising people. John mar-
ried Jane Esta of Rome, and

when their family grew up they
moved to Kingston, Tennessee.
They raised a breed of horses that
they called Merchant Travelers.
These were bay horses with black

manes and tails and were used as
buggy horses. William McKamy
ordered a jack from Spain. It was
brought over and was unloaded
off the boat on the Tennessee
River at Kingston. They used this
jack to breed to their Merchant
Traveler mares and started the
mules. They lived here until the
country opened up close to
Sadalya, Missouri. Then they
moved their horses and families
to Sadalya. This is said to be the
start of the Missouri Mule.
After the country opened up in
the Indian Territory and in Texas
east of the Elm Fork of the Trin-
ity, they came to Duck Creek. It
was a pasture country with lots of
creeks, streams, and waters, and
was said to be a good place in
which to raise horses and mules.
It is now known as Frankford,
Texas, on White Rock Creek.
This McKamy family has lived in
this community from before the
Civil War to now. Their off-
springs have married and remar-
ried and there are some of the
McKamys left around Plano, Car-
rollton, Frankford, and Frisco.
They have owned some of the
land that our grandfather bought
when he came from Sadalya,
Missouri.
William C. McKamy and wife
settled in Frankford, Texas, with
their four children: Albert, Mae,
John, and W. C. Albert McKamy
settled in the Camey community,
hence the name of Camey. It was
originally named McCamey due
to the fact that Albert McKamy
gave the right away and the
townsite for what is now known
as Camey Spur or Camey, Texas.
Mae McKamy married a Bishop
who made his home in Dallas.
John McKamy settled on White
Rock Creek in the north part of
Dallas County. His grandson still
lives on the old homeplace. W. C.

McKamy settled on the west side
of Preston Road on what is still
known as the old McKamy place.
Albert McKamy married Ellen
Simson. They had a number of

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