McKissick, Ernest B. (Ernest Boyce), 1895-

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Ernest Boyce McKissick (Mack) was born in Kelton, S.C., in 1895. His family moved to Asheville, N.C., around 1900. McKissick served in France, 1918-1919, with the African American 92nd Infantry Division during World War I. Returning to Asheville after the war, McKissick married Magnolia Thompson of Asheville. They had four children, the eldest of whom was Floyd S. McKissick, prominent North Carolina attorney, businessman, and civil rights leader, who was the first African American to attend the University of North Carolina's Law School.

From the description of Ernest B. McKissick papers, 1918-1924. WorldCat record id: 772640305

Ernest Boyce McKissick (Mack) was born in Kelton, S.C., in 1895. His family moved to Asheville, N.C., around 1900. McKissick served in France, 1918-1919, with the African American 92nd Infantry Division during World War I. Returning to Asheville after the war, McKissick married Magnolia Thompson of Asheville. They had four children, the eldest of whom was Floyd S. McKissick, prominent North Carolina attorney, businessman, and civil rights leader, who was the first African American to attend the University of North Carolina's Law School. Their youngest daughter Mary Jean McKissick married William Duncan McNeill. Ernest B. McKissick died in 1980 in Asheville, N.C. Magnolia Thompson McKissick died in 1989.

William Duncan McNeill, son-in-law of Ernest B. and Magnolia Thompson McKissick, was born on 16 November 1923 in Laurinburg, N.C. He graduated from the Laurinburg Institute in 1939 and from he Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina in Greensboro, N.C., in 1944. He graduated from the School of Engineering at the Officer Candidate School in Fort Belvoir, Va., in 1945. He served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army during World War II, specifically as Service Platoon Commander 2910, and was stationed in the Phillippines. He reicieved the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, the American Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory medal.

From the guide to the Ernest B. McKissick Papers, 1918-1991, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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