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JOSEPH
LUDLOW McKEE
Within the last decade more attention and
thought has been given to co-operative, fraternal and beneficiary societies
than at any time in the memory of man. Students, financiers, and our leading
citizens have given this subject much study and time in promoting and fostering
them. The subject of this sketch is the son of the late J. M. McKee, a man well
and favorably known in business circles, and a leader in moral reforms and the
promotion of religion. Brother J. L. McKee is a native of Middletown,
Connecticut, and arrived on the Pacific coast in 1853. He was the founder, and
has been and is now the Secretary, of the Safety Endowment Union, one of the
most popular endowment associations in this State.
Brother McKee is a member of
Hercules Lodge, A. O. U. W., P. D. Far West Lodge K. of H., P. C. Golden West
Council A. L. of H, Past Grand commander U. E. A., P. C., Pacific Lodge, L. O.
W., P. P. Hamilton Lodge, R. A., and has filled every position in the various
lodges, and served from five to eight years in the financial positions of the
lodges, and is considered an expert in the keeping of lodge accounts, and has
gotten up several improved forms of account books which have met with general
favor.
For the past five years he has made
a study of endowments, and is considered to have a thorough knowledge of both
fraternal and endowment insurance, and his advice and opinion are sought by all
classes.
Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: “Illustrated Fraternal Directory Including
Educational Institutions on the Pacific Coast, Page 294, Publ. Bancroft
Co., San Francisco. Cal. 1889.
© 2012 Cecelia M. Setty.
San Francisco County Biographies