 1886 - 1969 (83 years)
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| Name |
Anna Louise (Annie) Carey |
| Birth |
16 May 1886 |
Garrett County, Maryland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
19 Jun 1969 |
Washington, D.C. |
| Notes |
- George Thomas MCKENZIE and Anna Louisa (Annie) CAREY were married about 1909. Anna Louisa (Annie) CAREY (daughter of James CAREY and Ada Louisa BLOCHER) was born on 16 May 1886 in Garrett Co., Maryland. She died on 19 Jun 1969 in Washington, D. C.. Webster Springs, W. Va., May 2 — The pedigree of bloodhounds and their trustworthiness in trailing human beings today entered into testimony at the trial of Mrs. Annie L. McKenzie, charged with the slaying of her husband, Thomas McKenzie, native of Garrett county, Md., a few miles west of Frostburg. According to state witnesses, the dogs owned by Deputy Sheriff O. D. Martin followed a scent from McKenzie's mutilated body to the bedside of Seymour Smith, 27, farmhand in the McKenzie home. The state alleges McKenzie was killed in his home and his body dragged to nearby woods. Martin testified his dogs were purebred animals and that they had been trained to trail only human beings. He was questioned closely by defense attorneys. Three blocks of wood cut from the floor of the McKenzie home were submitted as evidence yesterday. The wood is believed by authorities to contain blood stains from the slaying of McKenzie, a lumberman. A blood-stained ax and dyed cloth also were submitted and expert testimony on these articles was to be introduced later. Sheriff A. L. Gregory. Dr. J. D. Dodrill, E. L. Cutlip and Magistrate J. J. Morrison of Arcola were witnesses yesterday. The Cumberland Evening Times, May 2, 1928
LIFE SENTENCE FOR MURDER APPEALED;
WOMAN CONVICTED OF SLAYING HUSBAND ASKS
ERROR IN SUPREME COURT
Annie L. McKenzie of Webster Springs, sentenced several months ago in the Webster county circuit court to life imprisonment for the murder of her husband, Thomas McKenzie, on October 1, 1927, petitioned the supreme court for a writ of error and supersedeas in the decision of the lower court. The petition was taken under advisement. William R. Offutt, of Oakland, MD, who presented the application, contended in his oral argument to the court, "that the evidence which the state produced in the lower courts is not sufficient to sustain the verdict." Mrs. McKenzie was found guilty of murder in the first degree by the jury in the case which recommended mercy. Seymour Smith, jointly charged with Mrs. McKenzie of the crime was found guilty of murder in the second degree by the lower court. No application in behalf of Smith was filed. At the trial in the lower court, it was brought out that Smith, suitor of Ruby McKenzie, eldest daughter of Mrs. McKenzie and the murdered man, spent the night on which McKenzie was murdered at McKenzie's house. McKenzie was last seen alive at 5:30 o'clock Saturday morning, October 1, 1927, when he called Mrs. McKenzie. His body was found about 4:30 o'clock Saturday evening wedged in a laurel tree which grew about 2000 feet from the house. He had been knocked in the head with an axe or hatchet. Smith and Mrs. McKenzie were arrested and charged with the crime. The state, during the trial in the lower court, attempted to prove that a liason existed between Smith and Mrs. McKenzie. Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, November 13, 1928
SLAYER RELEASED, WILL BE RETRIED
Mrs. Anna McKenzie, Webster County, Now on Own Recognizance
WEBSTER SPRINGS - Jan 8 - (AP) Mrs. Anna L. McKenzie, 44 years old was released from the county jail yesterday on her own recognizance after having served two years of a life sentence in connection with the murder of her husband, Thomas McKenzie, at Bolair in September, 1927. Mrs. McKenzie has been granted a new trial by the state supreme court. At her first trial, Mrs. McKenzie had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary but had never been removed to that institution from the county jail. Charleston Daily Mail, January 8, 1930
FROSTBURG — Mrs. Annie C. McKenzie, 83, of 6107 Osborn Road, Hyattsville, and former resident of Star Route Frostburg, died yesterday at Cafritz Hospital, Washington, where she was admitted June 2. Born in Garrett County, she was the daughter of the late James and Ada (Blocher) Carey. Her husband, Thomas McKenzie, died in 1927. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Vera McClure, Upper Glade, W. Va.; Mrs. Ruby Cottrill, Hyattsville; Mrs. Myrtle Woodring, Bolair, W. Va.; Mrs. Rhoda Murphy, Hyattsville, with whom she resided; Mrs. Nora Alt, Flintstone; and Mrs. Georgia Hildreth, Macon, Ga.; three sons, Daniel McKenzie, Bolair, W. Va.; Norvel McKenzie, Star Route, Frostburg, and Melvin McKenzie, Keyser; two sisters, Mrs. George Robison, Cumberland; and Mrs. George Meese, Star Route, Frostburg; one brother, Allen Carey, Star Route, Frostburg; 24 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren. The body will be returned to the Durst Funeral Home, Frostburg. The Cumberland Evening Times, June 20, 1969 She was buried in Blocher Cemetery, Grantsville, Garrett Co., Maryland.
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| Person ID |
I07783 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Family |
George Thomas McKenzie, b. 25 Mar 1871, Maryland d. 1 Oct 1927, Bolair, Webster County, West Virginia (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage |
31 Dec 1908 |
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Children |
| | 1. Verna Virginia McKenzie, b. 11 Jun 1909, West Virginia d. 12 Jan 1999, Upper Glade, Webster County, West Virginia (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Ruby Viola McKenzie, b. 10 Oct 1910, North Bend, Greenbrier, County, West Virginia d. 19 Oct 2003, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Myrtle Catherine McKenzie, b. 3 Jun 1912, West Virginia d. 6 Dec 2003 (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Daniel Freeman McKenzie, b. 19 Dec 1913, Pocahontas County, West Virginia d. 25 Dec 1989, Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Rhoda Ann McKenzie, b. 17 Nov 1915, West Virginia d. 6 Apr 2006, Sun City, Hillsborough County, Florida (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Norvel Lee McKenzie, b. 28 Jan 1918, Webster County, West Virginia d. 24 Jun 1997, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. Nora Mae McKenzie, b. 1 Dec 1920, West Virginia d. 19 Jul 1990, Maryland (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. Melvin Noah McKenzie, b. 1 Dec 1920, Webster County, West Virginia d. 3 Dec 1974, Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia (Age 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 9. Georgia Ellen McKenzie, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
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| Family ID |
F01783 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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