Dr. Colonel G. Mackey  

1920, Sep 1 - Our New Doctor

The successor of Dr. Parker, Dr. C. G. Mackey, is now in possession of the former's offices and proactice.

Until the removal of the Parker family to South Bend, Dr. and Mrs. Mackey will make their home with Mrs. Mackey's parents Mr. and Mrs. Fifield on the former Scheuerman farm south of town.

Mr. Mackey is a native of our neighboring city of Rochester and enlisted in the service there in base hospital 118 , in the service of which he had eight month's experience.

Dr. C. G. Mackey was giving a patient encouraging news in one of his offices in the K. of P. Building as the Citizen photographer snapped this picture.

He opened his practice here in 1920 shortly after his return from overseas duty with the medical corps during the World War. He was in the army a little over a year.

He was born in Rochseter and was graduated from high school there, but he feels no obligation to root for his alma mater when Culver and Rochester mix in basketball.

Dr. Mackey secured his A.B. and M.D. degrees from Indiana University, and practised medicine in Whiting until he entered the war that was to end all wars. Twelve years ago he spent several months in New York taking post-graduate course in eye, ear, nose and throat.

Dr. Mackey has served the community as a very successful president of the Chamber of Commerce, is now a member of the town board, has held various offices in the American Legion, and was a charter member and first president of the Macinkuckee Fish and Game Club.

He has had two big thrills that he will probably never foget - when he became invovled with the bank robbers a few years ago and when he caught the fish in Minnesota in 1932 that won the second International Prize. He has a handsom medicine bag, a gift of the insurance company, to show for the first affair and a picture to prove the latter. Knowing Dr. Mackey's love for fishing, it is safe to say the landing of the husky fish ranks as he greatest thrill. Conservation work is his main hobby.

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The Mackey's resisded at 217 S. Ohio

January 12, 1955 — Dr. C. G. Mackey, veteran Culver physician and Surgeon who has practiced medicine here since 1920, assumes his new duties Monday as ward surgeon in the Norman M. Beatty Memorial Hospital at Westville, Ind

January 19, 1955 — Dr. C. 0. Mackey will assume his duties as ward surgeon on Feb. 1 at the Logansport State Hospital.

An interesting story about Dr. Mackey's unusual name of "Colonel" has been brought to the attention of The Citizen by Col. H. W. Walmer. It seems that Doctor Mackey was given this name because his father, who was a Civil War veteran, greatly admired his Colonel in the army and wanted to name his son, after him. However, instead of naming his son by the given name of his superior officer he called him, Colonel.

During World War I Doctor Mackey served overseas as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps and was quartered with a friend, 1st Lt. Fred Metz, also a doctor. When they signed in, Doctor Mackey's signature, Lt. Colonel G. Mackey, resulted in the two doctors getting the quarters of a Lieutenant Colonel rather than those of a First Lieutenant.

In relating this story to Mrs. Effie Shafer of near Letters Ford, Colonel Walimer was informed by her that She was the first baby delivered by Doctor Mackey in this vicinity.

Another interesting incident in the life of Doctor Mackey happened many years ago when he was named, "U. S. Fishing Champion of the Year," and received national publicity regarding the catch he made on one of his northern fishing trips.

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Colonel Gleason Mackey born May 27, 1890, Rochester, Ind. Death March 17, Logansport Burial was made in the Culver Masonic Cemetery son of Horace C. Mackey and Lucetta "Lucy" Dunlap

Dr. C. G. Mackey, Former Culver Physician, Dies


Dr. Colonel G. Mackey, age 74, well-known former Culver physician, died at 4:35 a.m. Wednesday morning at Memorial Hospital in Logansport where he had been a patient since Jan. 31 when he suffered a broken left hip.

Surviving are a son, Dr. Colonel Mackey of Rensselaer; a daughter, Mrs. Alice Besse Jacobsen of Newport News, Va.; and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Culver, but arrangements are incomplete at this time.


Funeral Services Held Friday For Dr. C. G. Mackey
Funeral services for Colonel G. Mackey, M. D., a former Culver physician for 35 years, were conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, March 19, at the Easterday-Bonine Funeral Home with Rev. Roy L . Fisher, Chaplain of the Logansport State Hospital, officiating.

Doctor Mackey, 74, died at 4:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, at the Memorial Hospital in Logansport following an illness of seven weeks.

He was born May 27, 1890, at Rochester, Ind., where he lived until entering Indiana University and the Indiana Medical School. He practiced medicine in Whiting, Ind. for several years before serving in the Medical Corps in World War I.

In 1920 Dr. Mackey moved to Culver and practiced medicine here until 1955 when he accepted a position as physician at the State Hospital in Logansport.

He was married June 21, 1917, to Alice M. Fifield who preceded him; in death on May 7, 1945. In 1940, he married Lora Pflaught who died in 1963.

A former Marshall County Coroner, Doctor Mackey was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ in Culver, the Henry H Culver Lodge 617, F. and A. M., the W. A. Fleet American Legion Post, American Medical Association, and a senior member of the Indiana State Medical Association.

Surviving are a son, Dr. Colonel F. Mackey, Rensselaer; a daughter, Mrs. Alice Besse Jacobsen, Newport News, Va.; a stepson, Bernard Dillard, Plymouth; a step-daughter, Mrs. Norma L . Swanson, Alpha, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Hoffman, Rochester; and Mrs. Charlotte Palmer, Leiters Ford; and seven grandchildren.

Burial was made in the Culver Masonic Cemetery with the Fleet American Legion Post conducting graveside services

married June 21, 1917 June 20, 1917 Lake County, Indiana. Alice Marguerite Fifield Birth 21 January 1891 Whiting, Lake County, Indiana Death May 7, 1945. Culver, Marshall County, Indiana burial Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana

Mrs. Alice Marguerite MACKEY, 54, wife of Dr. Gleason Mackey, died early Monday morning at her home in Culver after a lingering illness of several years. The end came following a stroke of paralysis. The deceased was born in Whiting in 1891 and has resided in Culver since 1920. Her husband, a prominent Culver physician and surgeon, was born and reared in Rochester, where he is well-known. Surviving, besides the husband, is a son, Pvt. Colonel Fifield MACKEY, Indian Gap, Pa., and a daughter, Alice Bess, at home. Final rites will be held at the Easterday funeral home in Culver on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Ralph Jones officiating. Burial will be made in Culver Cemetery.

They had:

Dr. Colonel Fifield Mackey Birth 26 Oct 1922 Culver, Marshall County, Indiana Death 20 Aug 2006 Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida Burial Culver Masonic Cemetery Culver, Marshall County, Indiana

Alice Besse Mackey Birth 16 Oct 1929 Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana Death 11 Dec 2001 Durango, La Plata County, Colorado Burial Cremated married William George Jacobsen

married 2md Lora Elizabeth Ewer Birth 6 Jun 1904 Walnut, Bureau County, Illinois Death 17 May 1963 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America Cemetery Fulton Cemetery Fulton, Fulton County, Indiana daughter of William Asa Ewer and Effie Grace Yates married < Joe Dillard son Bernard Dillard was listed as not ligitmate at birth and father unknown> 2nd ? Pflughaupt (Lora Elizabeth Hupp married 12 Jul 1941 St Paul Church Michigan City, Indiana, John M Pflughaupt)

Mrs. Laura MACKEY, former resident of Fulton, died at 58 years of age Friday in Robert Long hospital at Indianapolis after a one-week illness. She was the wife of Dr. C. G. MACKEY of the Logansport state hospital staff. Born June 6, 1904, at Walnut, Ill., she was married to Dr. Mackey in 1946 at Culver. A resident of Logansport eight years, she had moved there from Culver. Surviving, besides the husband, are her mother, Mrs. Effie EWER, Inwood; one son, Bernard DILLARD, Inwood; one daughter, Mrs. Ray SWANSON, Alpha, Ill.; one stepson, Dr. Colonel MACKEY, Rensselaer; one step-daughter, Mrs. William JACOBSON, Newport News, Va.; one brother, Howard EWER, Peru; fifteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Rites will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Ditmire-Davidson funeral home in Fulton with the Rev. Alfred GERNI officiating. Burial will be in the Fulton cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home - - Rochester(IN) Sentinel, Saturday, May 18, 1963

 
Name	Coonel G Macky [Colanel G Macky] [Coonel G Mackey]
Birth Year	abt 1891
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age in 1930	39
Birthplace	Indiana
Marital Status	Married
Relation to Head of House	Head
Home in 1930	Culver, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Map of Home	Culver, Marshall, Indiana
Street Address	Ohio Street
House Number	115
Dwelling Number	195
Family Number	199
Home Owned or Rented	Owned
Home Value	8000
Radio Set	Yes
Lives on Farm	No
Age at First Marriage	27
Attended School	No
Able to Read and Write	Yes
Father's Birthplace	Indiana
Mother's Birthplace	Pennsylvania
Able to Speak English	Yes
Occupation	Doctor
Industry	Medical
Class of Worker	Working on own account
Employment	Yes
Veteran	Yes
War	WW
Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Coonel G Macky	39	Head
Marguerite Macky 39 Wife
Colonel F Macky 7 Son
Alice B Macky 0 Daughter
Alice Conner 19 Lodger 
 
1940 United States Federal Census 
Name	Marguerite Mackey
Respondent	Yes
Age	49
Estimated Birth Year	abt 1891
Gender	Female
Race	White
Birthplace	Indiana
Marital Status	Married
Relation to Head of House	Wife
Home in 1940	Culver, Marshall, Indiana
Map of Home in 1940	Culver, Marshall, Indiana
Inferred Residence in 1935	Culver, Marshall, Indiana
Residence in 1935	Culver
Resident on farm in 1935	No
Sheet Number	15B
Attended School or College	No
Highest Grade Completed	College, 4th year
Income Other Sources	No
Neighbors	View others on page
Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
G Mackey 49 Head
Marguerite Mackey	49	Wife
Fifield Mackey 17 Son
Alice Besse Mackey 10 Daughter 

1950 United States Federal Census 
Name	Colonel G Mackey
Age	59
Birth Date	abt 1891
Gender	Male
Race	White
Birth Place	Indiana
Marital Status	Married
Relation to Head of House	Head
Residence Date	1950
Home in 1950	Culver, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Street Name	Ohio Street
House Number	217
Dwelling Number	216
Farm	No
Acres	No
Occupation	Physician
Industry	Own Private Practice
Occupation Category	Working
Hours Worked	50
Worker Class	Own Business
Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Colonel G Mackey	59	Head
Lora E Mackey 45 Wife
Norma L Pflughaupt Sr 15 Stepdaughter (Step Daughter)