Joseph McKay, b. 1844 Pennsylvania to Oregon
Oregon Republican League:
Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 243.
MCKAY, JOSEPH, a merchant of Baker City, was born at Espeyville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, December 20, 1844. He was engaged in tanning, merchandising, and oil speculation till 1880, when, meeting with reverses, he came West. He clerked in a store in Leadville, Colorado, two years, was engaged in business in Idaho a short time, in 1883 located in Huntington, Oregon, and in 1884 at Durkee. He is now in business at Baker City. Mr. McKay has continuously taken a leading part in politics in Baker County, having been a convention delegate frequently. In 1890 he was elected County Clerk, and again in 1892.
-Tony Larson