Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Daniel McAtee
St. Mary's Catholic Church Sesquicentennial Book
1834-1984
McATEE, Daniel--The name of McAtee was old in Maryland, when Daniel McAtee was born there in 1794. His ancestors, Patrick and Rosamond McAtee, came from Ireland and settled in Port Tobacco, Maryland, where Patrick died in 1716. Daniel, who was a millwright, carpenter and farmer, served in the War of 1812. He married Lucy Kidwell in Washington Co, KY, on Sept. 21, 1818. The day following their marriage they went to Missouri where their first four children were born, and then came to Daviess Co, Indiana, where Daniel purchased land near St. Mary's on December 16, 1828. They spent the remainder of their lives in the St. Mary's community, where they reared the following large family: George, who married Margaret Mattingly, and after her death, Martha Brewer; Felix who married Sarah Jane Smith; John H., who married Theresa M. Brewer; Hillary, who married Rose Ellen Smith; Treacy Ann, who married John T. Smith; Susan who married Joseph B. Smith; Thomas C., who married Louisa Ann Seal; James Nicholas; Martha Ann, who married John T. Brewer; Julia who married Daniel Dowling; Mary Ellen, who married John V. Spalding; James M, whose first wife was Mary Spalding, and his second wife, Catherine McCarthy; and Catherine. Daniel McAtee died on May 16, 1875 at age eighty, and Lucy died July 4, 1879, age 79 years and eight months. It is said that Daniel had one of the largest funerals ever held at St. Mary's with about 75 buggies in the funeral procession. They are buried in the church cemetery and stones mark their graves.
Contributed by: Shirley H. Platt